This depends on the change.
Withdrawing or interrupting from your course
Your university will tell us about the change to your attendance through the university portal or set your attendance to discontinued if you withdrew before your enrolment window.
You must contact the NHS Learning Support Fund (NHS LSF) as soon as possible. This will allow us to stop further payments.
We'll work out if you're owed any payment or if an overpayment has occurred. We'll contact you by email to advise.
If you stop attending your course before your university confirm your attendance, you'll not be eligible for any payments.
Withdrawing for maternity or adoption reasons
Your university must tell us about the change to your attendance through the university portal.
While on an authorised period of parental leave, you may continue to receive the same payments you were entitled to before the leave started.
This could be for up to 52 weeks from the date you step off the course.
If your leave continues into a new academic year, you must reapply using your NHS LSF account. This allows payments to continue for the remainder of your agreed period of leave.
If you do not have a Student Finance letter when you reapply during your period of parental leave, upload a letter of explanation instead.
To continue payments once your parental leave ends, your university will tell us you've returned to study through the university portal. They can only do this on or after the date you return.
Deferring
If you defer your course and start later than you originally intended, you must reapply using your NHS LSF account you registered with.
If you’ve received a revised student loan award notification as a result of the change, upload this to your account.
If you're unable to upload a revised student finance award letter, you must upload a covering letter explaining your circumstances.
If your new course starts in the same academic year as a course you previously applied for, you cannot reapply as you can only apply once per academic year.
You must update your course details on your NHS LSF account.
For more information see the NHS LSF - Financial Support for healthcare students guide.