Nursing Return to Practice (RTP)
NHS England United Kingdom
A funded course for nurses whose NMC registration has lapsed: 3 to 12 months of classroom and placement learning with a mentor. NHS England pays course and placement fees plus £1,205 towards costs, or a salary on employer-led places.
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About
What it offers: Course and placement fees paid; £1,205 towards childcare, travel and book costs (university route).
Also: course and placement fees paid; £1,205 towards childcare, travel and books (or a salary on NHS employer-led places); personal mentor; classroom and placement learning.
Who can apply: For nurses returning after a break whose NMC registration has lapsed (open regardless of time out). NHS funding is for nurses who live and work in England. Apply to a university directly or to a salaried place on NHS Jobs ('return to practice').
Free to apply.
Ongoing: universities and NHS organisations run intakes; start dates vary by provider.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: online application.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-31): “The course takes between 3 and 12 months to complete”
Who can apply
- Open to working professionals, people in a career transition
- For nurses returning after a break whose NMC registration has lapsed (open regardless of time out). NHS funding is for nurses who live and work in England. Apply to a university directly or to a salaried place on NHS Jobs ('return to practice').
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get a returner résumé, a cover letter and a career-break note for this programme, drafted from your own résumé in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to NHS England without your tap.
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