NHS Benefits Agency

...that they deserve from the NHS Benefits agency. I have applied for help with dental fees on numerous occasions and have been told that I get too much student loan for them to help me more! I was also appauled to find out that they take your student loan into account when determining how much they will allow you to pay for health costs. What they don't understand is that our student loan is certainly not an income, as we will eventually have to pay ...
...were earning a permanent income then would we pay it back to our employers? Last year I filled in my form to claim for help with Health costs (such as dental fees, optician fees) and was told that I had to pay the first £22 towards dental treatment, which I didn't mind doing. This year I filled in my form and was told I have to pay the first £45, which is a big increase from the previous year. What the benefits agency doesn't understand is that the ...

Scorpio21 31.05.2001 · Read full review
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Having just qualified from doing a 3-year nursing training ocurse at my local University, I was glad to be a much higher wage. The bursary that student nurses are offered is appaling, but the only thing that we can do at the moment is ask for more. Apart from that, I actually had to work throughout most of my holidays just to be able to survive. Even with some financial support from my parents (as well as having to rely on Christmas and birthdays ...
...have just been able to cope. Thankfully, I could still live at home and I didn't always have to pay rent to them. Yes, I did have to py something when I could afford it - but that was only at the start of my course. I suppose that one good thing though is that I could claim back travel expenses, for the times spent when was on placement. Although this is also a lengthy process too, as you have to fill out so many forms and then send them off with ...

danthepianoman 20.02.2006 · Read full review
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