Student Support Package

At LCDS, our Student Support Team provides physical, mental wellbeing, and learning support to help every student thrive.

Cost

  • £60 per year (payable at registration/re-registration)
  • Compulsory contribution that sustains our support services

What’s Included

Students have access to

  • On-site gym + exercise prescriptions for rehab
  • Free appointments with physiotherapists, osteopath, nutritionist, soft tissue therapist, strength & conditioning coaches, counsellors, and injury psychologist
  • Guidance from physical & mental health advisors, with onward referral/signposting
  • Learning support & SpLD guidance, including Disabled Student Allowance referrals
  • *Initial private diagnostic imaging or investigations
  • *Initial private consultations (e.g. orthopaedics, endocrinology, dermatology, gastroenterology, gynaecology, dietetics, psychiatry, SpLD assessments

Important to Know

  • The package must be purchased at the start of the year – without it, subsidised private referrals are unavailable, and you will need to self-fund.
  • Typical private costs:
  1. £400–1000 for diagnostic assessments (1–3 year NHS wait)
  2. £400–500 for imaging (8–40 week NHS wait)
  3. £250 for a 20-minute consultation (8–40 week NHS wait)
  • Not an insurance policy – contributions are non-refundable and reinvested into Student Support.
  • Subsidised private services are available only if:
  1. They are clinically necessary and affecting studies
  2. NHS treatment has been sought but is unavailable or delayed
  3. The plan is sustainable (LCDS cannot cover ongoing private treatment/prescriptions)
  • Students may need to contribute towards costs, agreed case-by-case.

*Subsidised private services are provided only where clinically necessary and must be supported by evidence.

More information on the Student Support Package available here.