Students from poorer backgrounds are hit hardest, the union claims, as it calls on the Government to make a career in medicine accessible to people from as many backgrounds as possible.
The British Medical Association says many young doctors are struggling. (Picture: Jeff Moore/PA)
This leads to a £3,674 drop in funding on average, according to the BMA.
“Losing out on a significant portion of that is meaning that students are struggling.
“We’ve got people going into very significant debt just to actually finish this degree.”
However, some post-graduate students, along with those on six-year degree programmes, face up to three years, Ms Mitchell said.
“The issue with that is most academic years or final years start in around the middle of August,” Ms Mitchell said.
“I know that a lot of my colleagues have had to get loans to pay their rent, or they’ve had to get credit agreements so that they can pay their rent.
“A lot of my friends were already graduating, maxing out their overdrafts, and then they’ve had to get overdraft extensions to help them live until they get paid at the end of August.
Ms Mitchell said she knows of new graduates stewarding football matches or taking zero hours bar work to get by.
“We have people stewarding.
Ms Mitchell is heading the BMA’s Fix Our Finance campaign alongside co-chair Henry Budden.
“You’re training for that role that you’re about to start, in hospital Monday to Friday, nine to five.
“And then on top of that placement, where you’re learning to be a doctor, you’re also having to revise for your exams.”
The union claims this would cost the Treasury £24 million and just 0.12 per cent of Student Finance England annual lending.
“Medicine is longer than many other degrees for good reason; because we want to ensure doctors working in the NHS have the best possible training,” they added.
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