AQW 14682/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the basis under which final year cardiac and respiratory students are not eligible for the special recognition payment.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 15 February 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 15 February 2021
- Answer due by
- 2 March 2021
- Answered
- 25 February 202110 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
On 25 January, I announced the payment of a flat rate, one-off special recognition of £2,000 to qualifying students on certain pre-registration healthcare programmes over the period 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021.
The qualifying courses are the Nursing and Midwifery, Allied Health Profession, Social Work and Physician Associate pre-registration programmes commissioned by my Department from Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University.
As cardiac and respiratory students are not on a pre-registration course commissioned by my Department, they cannot qualify for this special recognition payment.