As a debate about the number of medical students continues, there is a danger that we forget to consider who ends up on those courses.
And the truth is that the study of medicine has traditionally always been reserved for a select few individuals.
The status quo at medical schools is that admission and success at these courses come far easier to those with access to money, family members in the field, or both.
So in a cost-of-living crisis, it’s now imperative to look at how a system so in need of new doctors is still so heavily weighted toward those that can afford to fund their way through.
