Advice on restarting a course years later NHS Mental Health Nursing

Hi,

I am looking for advice about whether I would be eligible for funding from the student loans company if I apply for a degree in Mental Health Nursing.

So, my background is this. I have received funding for a first degree in English Literature that I completed in 2008. I then went on and started a degree in Mental Health Nursing in 2012, I did a year and a term on that and was doing really well. Unfortunately I was subject to domestic violence during this period and had to flee to another area of the country at the end of 2013 and I couldn't transfer my credits over to start 2nd year at a different University because Northumbria University at the time was part of a new rolled out programme and all the Universities in the Leeds area weren't so it wasn't directly transferable. Plus obviously, it wasn't the right time, I had a small child, no help and no secure housing so I ended up withdrawing from my course.

I'm in a much better place in my life now and I still want to be a mental health nurse, it was definately the right career for me. My question is, would I still be eligible for finance given that I have a previous completed degree AND I have previously completed the first year of the same course at a different university? I would be happy to provide police reports and social worker reports from the year that I withdrew, if needed, to prove that it was extenuating circumstances that led to me withdrawing from the course.

Thank you for any advice that can be given.