Student Nurses Are Sleeping in Their Cars and Going to Food Banks, RCN Warns

Student nurses are sleeping in their cars and going to food banks, RCN warns

‘It was the lowest point in my life’, says Jess Dodds, a student nurse who was forced to sleep in her car

Nursing students 'sleeping in cars, using food banks and can't afford to live'

Student nurses 'can't afford' to live due to inadequate financial support during their studies, according to testimonies heard at the 2025 Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Congress.

‘I slept in my car just to attend classes’: Inside the financial hardship faced by student nurses at university – UK Times

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Student nurses are being forced to sleep in their cars and go to food banks due to a lack of financial support, the government has been told. Financial hardship is forcing nurses into “devastating” situations while studying and as graduates, as they also struggle to get jobs after university,…

Employees sleep in their cars before work to secure a parking space (Romerikes Blad): It's just past 6 a.m. Tuesday morning, and the parking garage at Ahus has already started to fill up. Many of the cars are occupied by employees relaxing. One of them has folded the seat back and made himself comfortable. - I would much rather be here an hour before my shift starts than stand in line to park, line up to pick up a uniform and spend two hours ge…