Urgent work experience help needed. Posting for traffic.

[MsHooliesCardigan]

DS1 is just finishing his first year of A levels and is doing maths and science subjects with a view to doing something bio-medical. He needs to find a work experience placement for a week towards the end of July. The idea is that it is something related to the job or degree they plan to do and he did his Y10 placement in a GP surgery.
However, he's having absolutely no joy and is getting really despondent. All the hospitals have said No or not got back to him - he started trying about 2 months ago.
Pharmacies have all said No because he's under 18.
He has started phoning GP surgeries and they have said No due to lack of staff or that they used to offer work experience and have stopped recently.
To anyone who works in a GP practice, is it still a thing to take WE students?
Has anyone got any bright ideas about who he can approach? We're in London.
The school are beginning to absolutely hound him about it. Whilst I understand that it's a good thing for students to organise their own placements, I do think the school could do something to help him as his lack of success clearly isn't due to lack of trying.
Thanks.

My son had exactly the same problem, it took months and constant phone calls to finally get a work experience placement at a hospital. He did also do a placement at a local hospice which was much easier to sort out and seemed to be very well organised.

How about an undertaker? Before I applied to medical school, I did a stint at the local mortuary. It was all anyone wanted to talk about in interviews. It was also a very important experience for me personally. He might run into U18 issues at a mortuary but undertakers could offer a somewhat similar kind of experience.

But I see that the fabulously named NickMyLipple has been able to make an actual offer, so hopefully you're sorted.

Try in research hospitals/universities, would he consider doing it as part of a research group? I have worked as a researcher and we are usually very open to young men and women who are interested :)