General allowance may be used for:
- any costs not covered by the other DSA allowances
- Assistive Training (AT) to help you use your specialist equipment
- extra costs towards the specialist equipment allowance and Non-medical Help (NMH) allowances
You may receive reimbursement for paper and ink if they’re recommended on your Needs Assessment Report (NAR).
Your DSA award letter tells you what you’re entitled to.
Books
If you need access to a book in a different format, contact the library services at your university.
If you’re unable to get the book in a different format and it’s essential to your study, we may be able to help towards the cost of the book.
We do not usually help with the costs towards books as funding for general living costs is already provided through the maintenance support. This is available to most full-time students.
Claiming general allowance payments
You must upload your original receipts showing the item has been paid in full through your NHS Bursary account.
We cannot accept a sales order or similar as proof of purchase.
The receipts will be processed within 20 working days.
Any payments you’re entitled to will be paid into your nominated bank account shortly afterwards.
You can view these by logging into your account and checking your payment schedule.
Lost receipts
If you've kept copies of your receipts, send these with a covering letter explaining the originals have been lost or sent but have not been received.
The copies must be resigned by your university, if applicable.