From 2017-18, undergraduate students starting the following courses are supported through the higher education finance system:
Pre-registration nursing, midwifery, dietetics, diagnostic radiography, therapeutic radiography, operating department practice, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, prosthetics and orthotics, orthoptics, speech and language therapy
From 2018-19, students starting the following courses are supported through the higher education finance system:
At undergraduate level:
Dental hygiene and dental therapy.
At undergraduate and postgraduate level:
Pre-registration nursing, midwifery, dietetics, diagnostic radiography, therapeutic radiography, operating department practice, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, prosthetics and orthotics, orthoptics, speech and language therapy
Funding
From 2017-18, the majority of income that higher education providers receive for nursing, midwifery and allied health (NMAH) courses comes from student fees. The OfS supports providers through high-cost funding, the student premium and other targeted allocations.
Pre-registration courses in nursing (all specialisms) are assigned to price group C1.
Pre-registration courses in midwifery and allied health disciplines that are subject to the transfer of funding responsibility for 2017‑18 are assigned to price group B.
Pre-registration courses in dental hygiene and dental therapy are assigned to price group A.
See our Guide to funding 2018-19 for further information on price groups.
From 2017-18, calculations relating to London weighting and student premium include nursing, midwifery and allied health students.
Transitional funding for 2017-18
Transitional supplementary targeted teaching allocations are provided to help sustain certain NMAH professions and postgraduate provision. The rates are allocated as follows:
Rates of grant per full-time entrant (FTE) for the NMAH supplement
| Profession |
Price group |
Rate of funding per undergraduate FTE (£) |
Rate of funding per postgraduate FTE (£) |
| Dental hygiene |
A |
0 |
0 |
| Dental therapy |
A |
0 |
0 |
| Dietetics |
B |
0 |
700 |
| Midwifery |
B |
0 |
700 |
| Nursing – adult |
C1 |
200 |
900 |
| Nursing – children |
C1 |
400 |
1,100 |
| Nursing – learning disability |
C1 |
400 |
1,100 |
| Nursing – mental health |
C1 |
200 |
900 |
| Nursing – unclassified |
C1 |
200 |
900 |
| Occupational therapy |
B |
0 |
700 |
| Operating department practice |
B |
0 |
700 |
| Orthoptics |
B |
3,500 |
4,200 |
| Orthotics and prosthetics |
B |
3,500 |
4,200 |
| Physiotherapy |
B |
0 |
700 |
| Podiatry and chiropody |
B |
1,200 |
1,900 |
| Radiography (diagnostic) |
B |
1,200 |
1,900 |
| Radiography (therapeutic) |
B |
1,200 |
1,900 |
| Speech and language therapy |
B |
200 |
900 |
See our Guide to funding 2018-19 for further information on price groups and targeted allocations.
Costing studies
OfS's predecessor body, HEFCE, carried out costing studies to inform funding allocations. KPMG was commissioned to analyse how much it costs to run courses in:
- nursing, midwifery and allied health (NMAH)
- dental hygiene and dental therapy.
All higher education providers of these courses were invited to send in data to inform this analysis.
Read the costing study of nursing, midwifery and allied health courses
Read the costing study for pre-registration dental hygiene and dental therapy courses
