Follow the guidance for:
- if your bursary is based on both of your parent's income
- if your bursary is based on a single parent's income
- if you applied for a Fees only NHS Bursary application
- if your parents were divorced or separated before the death
- both parents are now deceased
Bursary based on both parent's income
The parental contribution can be recalculated from the date of your parent's death.
Your NHS Bursary will be an aggregate amount of your award with the original parental contribution and the revised parental contribution.
Complete a Change of Circumstances form and provide any relevant evidence with your student coversheet.
Bursary based on a single parent's income
This may affect your bursary depending on the reason why only one parent's income was declared on your application.
If your parents did not live together because they were divorced, legally separated, or widowed, you would have originally only applied declaring the income of the parent you ordinarily resided with.
A Fees only NHS Bursary application
If you did not declare your parent's income on your original NHS Bursary application and now want to have your bursary assessed on your surviving parent's income, you must reapply for the current academic year and provide the evidence requested.
You do not need to include information about your deceased parent's income. Your NHS bursary will be reassessed from the date your parent died.
Parents were divorced or separated before the death
If the parent you lived with has died, your surviving parent must be assessed for the parental contribution.
If you're estranged from your surviving parent, we'll make the decision if your remaining parent will be assessed for the parental contribution based on the information you provide.
You must complete a new application and provide any relevant evidence.
As part of the assessment of this application, you may notice your application being rejected and a Change of Circumstances form being submitted on your behalf. This is not an indication of any issue with your application. Ignore the generic email you receive resulting from the Change of Circumstances we submit.
Both parents deceased
If both of your parents are now deceased, you'll automatically be classed as independent providing you can supply evidence such as death certificates.
No other relatives have to declare their income if they become responsible for you.
Complete a Change of Circumstances form and provide any relevant evidence.