questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the average cost to student midwives of (a) unpaid clinical placement hours and (b) student loan debt; and whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to student midwives.
answerText: No such assessment has been made. Students undertaking pre-registration midwifery courses can access support from Student Finance England (SFE). This includes payment for tuition fees, a partially means-tested loan for living costs and, where applicable, ...
heading: Midwives: Students