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<strong>2013</strong>/<strong>14</strong> HE <strong>Student</strong> Finance<br />
<strong>Assessing</strong> <strong>Eligibility</strong> <strong>Guidance</strong><br />
letter from the appropriate NHS grants unit) before determining their<br />
eligibility for the reduced rate loan. Such students will be subject to<br />
the same eligibility criteria for loans as other students. They will<br />
therefore need to be under 60 on the relevant date (see regulations<br />
69(1) and 70(1)).<br />
11. It will not be necessary to go through the financial assessment<br />
process if the student is eligible only for the reduced rate of loan.<br />
Where an applicant has indicated that they are eligible to apply for<br />
an income assessed NHS or DOH Bursary, the system will calculate<br />
their entitlement to living costs support at the reduced rate. For<br />
further information see the General Administration eligibility and<br />
Assessment chapter.<br />
12. Responsibility for handling student applications for bursaries is<br />
dependent on where the student studies, but the student should<br />
apply to <strong>SFE</strong> where he is ordinarily resident for a loan. For example,<br />
a student ordinarily resident in England who is studying at an<br />
institution in Wales would apply to Wales for an NHS bursary and to<br />
<strong>SFE</strong> for a loan. Further information on NHS eligibility rules can be<br />
found on the NHS website at: http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/students<br />
13. The following are details of the bodies providing NHS bursaries to<br />
students in the United Kingdom.<br />
England<br />
Wales<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Grants Unit<br />
The (NHS) Wales <strong>Student</strong> Awards Unit<br />
Hesketh House<br />
3rd Floor<br />
200-220 Broadway <strong>14</strong> Cathedral Street<br />
Fleetwood<br />
Cardiff<br />
Lancashire<br />
CF11 9LJ<br />
FY7 8SS<br />
Tel: 0845 358 6655 Tel: 029 2019 6167<br />
email : nhs-sgu@ukonline.co.uk www.wales.nhs.uk<br />
Northern Ireland<br />
Scotland<br />
Department of<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Awards Agency for Scotland<br />
Employment and Learning Gyleview House,<br />
(DELNI)<br />
3 Redheughs Rigg<br />
<strong>Student</strong> Support Branch<br />
South Gyle<br />
4 th Floor, Adelaide House Edinburgh<br />
39-49 Adelaide Street EH12 9HH<br />
Belfast<br />
BT2 8FD Tel: 0845 111 0243<br />
www.saas.gov.uk<br />
Tel: 028 9025 7777<br />
www.delni.gov.uk<br />
NHS Secondees<br />
<strong>14</strong>. The Department of Health has confirmed that health care students<br />
who are employed by NHS trusts and seconded onto health care<br />
courses are not eligible for NHS bursaries. These students continue<br />
to receive their salary and have their tuition fees paid by the NHS.<br />
The payment of their fees is outside of the NHS bursary scheme.<br />
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