Am I liable and have to repay fees…

RedfordML

No, I am in the middle of the training @400ixl

we are in service and in university part time alongside and then at the end of the year - you are taken on a parmanent. Contract. 👍🏼 with the trust running the course. 

Thanks for you link - however trainees don’t receive student loans as we are paid monthly by the trust alongside training (paid for!) at Univeristy. 

RedfordML

LightFlare said:

with funded NHS training roles, you arent typically required to pay back any fees etc -- however, as already mentioned, it may affect you ability to get future funding

Turns out this was correct. As it’s a paid, contracted role, the training is included within the package. £9k tuition fees and people can walk away at any point or once qualified? How does the NHS recruit like that? 

BrassicWoman

Might be an apprenticeship where they can't legally do a clawback?

LightFlare

RedfordML said:

LightFlare said:

with funded NHS training roles, you arent typically required to pay back any fees etc -- however, as already mentioned, it may affect you ability to get future funding

Turns out this was correct. As it’s a paid, contracted role, the training is included within the package. £9k tuition fees and people can walk away at any point or once qualified? How does the NHS recruit like that? 

That’s the million dollar question and partially the reason the NHS is in such dire straights as it is

It used to be worse before a lot of clinical roles changed to self funded degrees.

Andy_L

RedfordML said:

LightFlare said:

with funded NHS training roles, you arent typically required to pay back any fees etc -- however, as already mentioned, it may affect you ability to get future funding

Turns out this was correct. As it’s a paid, contracted role, the training is included within the package. £9k tuition fees and people can walk away at any point or once qualified? How does the NHS recruit like that? 

I think that generally they are niche healthcare qualifications for which the NHS is the, near, monopoly employer. So I suspect the assumptions are:

1. if you had a claw-back option nobody would apply
2. If they leave they are probably going to end up working for the NHS somewhere else anyway

RedfordML

Very true, good points on both.

I would have expected something to cost a trainee is they leave early but I wonder how the university and nhs work together and when a trainee leaves, how does it affect fees in reality? 

Savvy_Sue

I wasn't directly involved, but I knew one young person who did accountancy qualifications through the NHS, and went abroad as soon as they were qualified. No financial penalty. However, I know the parents expressed the strongest hope that they would work at least try to work for the NHS on their return to the UK - which is what they are doing.