Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01819 · Session 5

NHS bursary for Scottish paramedic students

Closed Submitted 29 Jul 2020 Education
Signatures
0
1,187 online signatures with a country
Comments
48
Considered
3 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce a bursary for paramedic students across Scotland.

What the petitioner did first

My fellow students and I have written to our local MSPs.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 24 Sep 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 16 Dec 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 15 Jun 2022
    Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

1,187 online signatures
  1. Scotland1,005 84.7%
  2. United Kingdom119 10%
  3. England34 2.9%
  4. Italy8 0.7%
  5. Ireland8 0.7%
  6. United States6 0.5%
  7. Wales1 0.1%
  8. Luxembourg1 0.1%
  9. Belgium1 0.1%
  10. Northern Ireland1 0.1%
  11. 3 other countries3 0.3%

Comments

48 comments, oldest first
  1. Lizzie Hilton 29 Jul 2020
    Nobody training to become a front line worker should worry about falling below the poverty line! Please support future paramedics
  2. June Byrne 29 Jul 2020
    Student Paramedics should get the same as all other NHS students. Think its ridiculous that they dont receive this. They are working toward a qualification as well.
  3. leanne kane 29 Jul 2020
    they should get the same as nurses
  4. Jennifer Winch 29 Jul 2020
    It is clear through this pandemic that we need more health care workers, including paramedics. They should receive the same financial support as nurses.
  5. Richard Cameron 29 Jul 2020
    In the interest of fairness and for the public good I ask the government to introduce bursaries for those training to be paramedics.
  6. Bernadette Rennie 29 Jul 2020
    A handclap wont feed you or pay rent!
  7. Salomè Sodini 29 Jul 2020
    As nurse and midwifery students, paramedic students need to face an incredible amount of placements hours (37,5 every week, the same of a NHS full time job) & a demanding course that they don't really leave the chance to get a part time job. In order to help them to complete their degree without costantly struggling for money, a bursary is crucial.
  8. Emma Guinness 29 Jul 2020
    Please give students the support they deserve.
  9. michelle oneil 29 Jul 2020
    Should be no obstacles for people studying. They should enjoy the training without added pressures.
  10. Kathleen Hannah 29 Jul 2020
    I think this should be given to all training members of staff
  11. Maryann Christie 29 Jul 2020
    They are every bit as important as student nurses and midwives and should get the same bursary
  12. Nicola Drummond 29 Jul 2020
    Paramedics should receive this also as they play a vital part in our healthcare
  13. Rhiannon Coats 29 Jul 2020
    Student paramedics should receive a bursary equal to student nurses. The bursary should be awarded to compensate for their living expenses and child care due to being on placement where they contribute greatly to the delivery of NHS emergency services. Also as a thank you for their efforts and bravery by going on the emergency register during COVID-19.
  14. ellie thomson 29 Jul 2020
    Student paramedics should be entitled to the same as student muses and midwives
  15. Leigh Laurie 29 Jul 2020
    This should happen
  16. Douglas Cromar 29 Jul 2020
    Equality for trainees required
  17. Sandra Thomson 29 Jul 2020
    Equality should be across the board
  18. Pam Archer 29 Jul 2020
    They deserve the same
  19. Susan Lochrie 29 Jul 2020
    Nurses and midwives get a bursary. Don't understand why paramedics don't.
  20. Murdo MacLeod 29 Jul 2020
    As a paramedic who qualified at a time when we were funded by the service I fully support the idea of the financial support to assist the students
  21. Linda Ferguson 29 Jul 2020
    Equal pay for ALL.... paramedics are needed to get the patients to the nurses, midwives and keep them in jobs ..without paramedics they wouldn't have jobs ..fairs fair .
  22. Kathy mcdonald 29 Jul 2020
    These students work hard and need money to exist
  23. Marcus Baker 30 Jul 2020
    All students need to be supported if their education takes away their ability to work and support themselves independently!
  24. Natalie McQueen 30 Jul 2020
    To not supple a bursary for such a full on course means that such a course is only available to those who are already financially advantaged. This rules out so many wonderful students and limits the number of candidates who will apply. It would be completely impossible to do such a course while working full time
    - this is taken in to account with all other medical courses and it should be no different here.
  25. Lynn Kyle 30 Jul 2020
    I will be one of the qualifying students. I would be grateful if our payments were in line with student nurses. Our course is the same length of time and almost mirrors learning time and placements.
  26. Jean Moffat 30 Jul 2020
    This country needs paramedics and they need support
  27. Helen Ferguson 30 Jul 2020
    Good luck folks
  28. Scott Johnston 30 Jul 2020
    This is highly unfair that one group gets funding but others don't.
  29. Mr Joshua R Farquhar 30 Jul 2020
    This needs to happen
  30. Joanne Forsyth 30 Jul 2020
    Yes very unfair
  31. Carolann harrop 30 Jul 2020
    A family member is giving up their job to start training and studying. They will have to work as well to support themselves. I honestly can't see the difference between this and nurses please help our young people who are willingly to dedicate their lives to helping others
  32. Rhona Cockburn 30 Jul 2020
    I believe it is unfair that they are going to be working within a similar guideline but not getting the same benefits
  33. Sandra Gourlay 30 Jul 2020
    Totally unfair
  34. Ted McGee 31 Jul 2020
    How do you expect these students to pay bills and survive without a wage.They are working on a career which is needed to save peoples lives.
  35. Margaret Craw 1 Aug 2020
    If paramedics are to do the same as nurses, they deserve the same recognition, they should also keep up to date with training and pay their registration every year
  36. Kellie Barnes 1 Aug 2020
    It's shocking that paramedics don't get funding yet other nhs students do. It should be equal to all students
  37. Antoinette Ballantyne 3 Aug 2020
    Bursary should be paid. Disgrace that we need a petition to get one
  38. Teal Skinner 3 Aug 2020
    I am a paramedic student in Scotland and would GREATLY benefit from this! It is also given to paramedic students in England already but not Scotland.
  39. Claire Shepherd 3 Aug 2020
    No bursery provision for paramedic students is an unfair practice. Change needs to happen
  40. Sophie Thomson 5 Aug 2020
    Student paramedics should have this bursary!
  41. Cassi Stewart 5 Aug 2020
    I transferred from Adult Nursing, my passion to working in the healthcare industry gives me the motivation to not allow this unfair gap to succumb my career.
  42. Cheryl Steven 7 Aug 2020
    Why should paramedic students be treated any differently? We are all nhs students therefore should be entitled to an NHS bursary. Its hard to find a full time job while studying due to placement hours so we are having to support ourselves by taking out student loans.
  43. Gail Simpson 12 Aug 2020
    This is a service we need !!
  44. Martha Potter 18 Aug 2020
    Student paramedics should be entitled to a bursary the same as student nurses
  45. Carol MacKenzie 22 Aug 2020
    They all deserve a bursary
  46. Jeanette Brindley 22 Aug 2020
    Nurses and Midwives and Paramedics should be treated equally
  47. Victory Ebuka Achinne 24 Aug 2020
    Student paramedics should receive same bursary because they have equal rights as other students in the health sector.
  48. Wendy Ignatiuk 26 Aug 2020
    Very unfair!!