There is no right to appeal for students who are not allocated a capped bursary place by their university or college.
If you’ve been allocated a capped place and you disagree with the decision about your bursary application, you can ask us to review it.
You can appeal the decision of your application by writing to:
bursarycomplaints@nhsbsa.nhs.uk
Appeals, Social Work Bursaries
PO Box 141
Hesketh House
200-220 Broadway
Fleetwood
FY7 9AS
You must include your:
- Social Work Bursary reference number
- Name
- Contact details
- As much information as possible as to why you’re appealing the decision
The team will consider whether your application has been processed in accordance with the scheme rules. You'll normally receive a response within 10 working days.
An overview of the NHSBSA Complaints Procedure is available on our website.
This details how you can make a formal written complaint. It also advises of the timescales and stages involved.
If you behave unreasonably
In a very small number of cases people can pursue their complaints in a way that we consider unreasonable.
Where necessary, we will take action to protect the wellbeing of our staff and the integrity of our complaints process.
The NHSBSA will not tolerate deceitful, abusive, offensive, threatening or other forms of unacceptable behaviour.
Anyone who continues to display these types of behaviours may be put under certain restrictions by the NHSBSA during or after the complaints process.
These can include:
- telephone calls restricted to specified days and limited times
- contact limited to one form of contact only, such as a maximum of 1 letter per week
- contact required to take place with one named member of staff
- an agreement about future behaviour before the complaint is progressed
- contact managed with the help of an independent advocate
If someone continues to behave unreasonably, despite restrictions being in place, the NHSBSA may decide to terminate contact with them and discontinue any further investigation into their complaint. Only the NHSBSA Chief Executive can designate a complaint as unreasonable in line with this policy.