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Doctors: Training

Answer

Ethnicity figures for all medical students in England are shown in table 1. Several medical schools run schemes to encourage applications from bright students from disadvantaged or non-traditional backgrounds. Data on admissions through these schemes are not collected centrally, but a recent article in the British Medical Journal highlighted the success of the Extended Medical Degree Programme run by King's College London. Ethnicity figures for students on this programme are shown in table 2.

Table 1: UK domiciled medical¹ enrolments by ethnicity—English higher education institutions—2006/07 academic year
Ethnicity	Number	Proportion² (percentage)
White—British	21,785	61.3
Black or black British—Caribbean	180	0.5
Black or black British—African	955	2.7
Other ethnicities	12,595	35.5
Total with known ethnicity	35,515	100.0
Information refused	1,315	3.5
Not know/missing	1,055	2.8
Total	37,880	100.0
¹ Medical includes students enrolled on the principal subjects Pre-Clinical Medicine and Clinical Medicine only.
² Ethnicity proportions are calculated using the total with known ethnicity. Information refused and not known/missing proportions are calculated using the overall total.
Note:
Figures are on a HESA Standard Registration Population basis and have been rounded to the nearest five.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record.

Table 2: Ethnic origin of King's College London EMDP students 2002-06
	Percentage
White British	7
Black African	35
Black Caribbean	1

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

477 c506W; 207688

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Higher education Medicine

Link

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