These are payable to you for people who are wholly or mainly financially dependent on you during your time in training. Your husband, wife, partner or civil partner and your children and other adults can be counted.
The income of all your dependants, your spouse, partner or civil partner, net of allowable deductions, is taken into account in deciding if you are eligible for an extra allowance.
The following table shows the typical rates for 2009/10:
| |
Degree Students (New Scheme)
Amount £ per year |
Diploma Students (New Scheme)
Amount £ per year |
Spouse (or other adult dependant, or first child
if there are no spouse or adult dependants) |
£2,640.00 |
£2,238.00 |
| Each subsequent child |
£539.00 |
£539.00 |
If you wish to apply for this allowance, you must complete NHS Bursary Dependants Allowance application form in full, otherwise NHS Student Bursaries will not be able to calculate your entitlement. This can be downloaded here (PDF 59KB).