title: Consultation's sleight of hand seeks to sugar unpalatable bursaries pill.
abstract: The Department of Health's consultation on student bursaries has begun and people are being encouraged to take part in it. However, this consultation is not a consultation - it is predictable spin where sleight of hand seeks to sugar an unpalatable pill.
authors.affiliation: De Montfort University Leicester.
authors.forename: Doreen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000191:economics*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards*; D014146:Training Support / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D006113:United Kingdom