Only a fraction of medical students are from working class backgrounds despite efforts to widen access to the profession, according to a new report featuring UCL research, published by the Sutton Trust. The report finds that although the proportion of medical students from the lowest socio-economic backgrounds more than doubled between 2012 and 2021, they still accounted for just 5% of entrants at the end of this period. In contrast, 75% were from higher socio-economic backgrounds, based on