My DD is a student nurse in her final year. At the beginning of her course she appied for the NHS bursary. the fees element is not means tested but the living element is.
We duly sent off all our information and it was returned to us in due course. At the beginning of her first year she received an amount into her bank account from the NHS and all was well. In the second year our income had increased so we didn't apply for the living expenses component, at the end of that year my daughter received a demand for repayment of the living expenses part as they had made a mistake two years previously. They have admitted, in writing, that it was totally their mistake and that the payment had been signed off by their accounts team.
Obviously my daughter has used the money for her living expenses and cannot pay it back and we do not think she should have to as it was their error.
Is there any legal comeback we could use to help her at least to pay it back in small installments if at all? It's causing her a lot of worry and distress.
Will be out at work all day so am not ignoring thread.
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Lifeisontheup · 17/05/2013 06:31
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