Medical students celebrating their graduation at The University of Manchester, July 2010
ONLY a fraction of medical students are from working-class backgrounds despite efforts to widen access, a new report by the Sutton Trust found today.
The research revealed that a handful of schools and colleges dominate medical school admissions, with applicants from private schools 1.5 times more likely to receive an offer than those from non-selective state schools.
The report, which analyses nearly 94,000 applicants to Britain’s medical schools between 2012 and 2022, found just 5 per cent of entrants came from the lowest socio-economic group, while 75 per cent were from wealthier backgrounds.
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