Only 5% of UK medical school entrants are working class, data shows

The research, commissioned by University College London (above) and the Sutton Trust, looked at nearly 94,000 applicants to UK medical schools for the 10 years since 2012. Photograph: Justin Long/Stockimo/Alamy

Students from working class backgrounds still only make up 5% of entrants to medical schools across the UK, a proportion that has doubled over the past decade, analysis has found.

The research, conducted by the Sutton Trust and University College London (UCL), looked at almost 94,000 applicants to UK medical schools between 2012 and 2022, which represent almost half of all UK medical applicants.