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Storm Newton

Newly qualified doctors face ‘recurring cycle of debt’, BMA warns

File photo dated 15/08/14 of a Doctor holding a stethoscope at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool. - (PA Wire)

Newly qualified doctors are driving Ubers and working in bars to make ends meet as they face a “recurring cycle of debt”, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.

Students from poorer backgrounds are hit hardest, the union claims, as it calls on the Government to address the funding gap and make a career in medicine accessible to people from as many backgrounds as possible.

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