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Private school pupils banned from work experience in hospitals

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beelegal · 17/08/2025 15:16

“Pupils who want to be doctors 'barred' from vital work experience at NHS hospitals - because they go to private school”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15007121/amp/doctors-work-experience-NHS-hospitals-private-school.html

This will be extended to all civil service jobs.
Bridgitte Philipson is a nasty bully. What next, private school pupils to sit on certain sections on buses? I cannot wait until the next general election, this shower need a wipeout.

Private school students 'barred' from work experience at NHS hospitals

Some of the UK's largest hospital trusts have effectively barred private-school pupils who want to be doctors from undertaking vital NHS work experience.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15007121/amp/doctors-work-experience-NHS-hospitals-private-school.html

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Elektra1 · 07/09/2025 11:58

There’s a reason why positive discrimination of this nature is usually rejected even in situations where it’s recognised that things are unevenly weighted. It’s a blunt tool, being poorly implemented in this scenario.

TizerorFizz · 07/09/2025 12:13

@TheaBrandt1 Yes. Despite how dreadful the job is apparently! It’s like vets. The dc are just in the zone from day 1.

ForlornLindtBear · 07/09/2025 12:54

Walkthelakes · 07/09/2025 11:52

this is why contextual offers from university don’t just go on state/private divide. To receive a contextual offer for medicine you need to meet a list of criteria. Your state school needs to have a below average progress score (so if your state school is non selective but gets incredible results you are not considered as you haven’t been disadvantaged by your education), your home address needs to be in an area of deprivation (this is done on a granular post code level rather than towns) and often you need to be the first generation to go to university. Each of these factors do really really afffect attaintment do I think it’s fair. You are right going to a grammar or an outstanding state school gives you as much as an advantage as going private in some cases but admissions now recognise these nuances

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It is still quite a blunt tool. For example until a couple of years back Bristol's list of schools that got contextual medical school offers had leafy comps in very affluent areas with tight catchments. They have reviewed it now. Birmingham's list of schools has been very odd at times too.

pottylolly · 07/09/2025 19:53

Also need to point out that the children of NHS and university staff (even those in low paid clerical roles) also have ins when it comes to medicine but through unconventional / cheaper routes. Eg doing a funded degree then getting the NHS to pay for a conversion later. If you don’t have a connection you wouldn’t even know but many nursing / paramedic sciences students have the aim to get into medical school eventually. It’s just a longer route but means you can often do it without huge student loans.

KathySeldon · 13/09/2025 01:06

So which of these do people think are better advantages in life:

  • Privately educated on a bursary, parents work in different fields to what child wants to do, or
  • State educated, but parent works in same field as child wants to do.
pottylolly · 15/09/2025 14:26

KathySeldon · 13/09/2025 01:06

So which of these do people think are better advantages in life:

  • Privately educated on a bursary, parents work in different fields to what child wants to do, or
  • State educated, but parent works in same field as child wants to do.

Generally private school pupils with a busary would benefit from connections too because most doctors in the UK went to private & send their kids to private.

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