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BMA Students @BMAstudents

We represent medical students across the UK @TheBMA

Joined August 2009
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Rob Tucker@DrRobTucker
May 18
Coming to the end of 3 years on the @BMAstudents exec! It's been a significant time for the committee & I'm proud to have led it as chair in 24-25. Launching campaigns, headlines, surveys, conferences & achieving real change. Good luck to the next gen of med student leaders!
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Welcome to everyone attending the 2026 BMA medical students conference today. Couldn't make it to conference? Watch along with the livestream here: bma.org.uk/what-we-do/commit…
Attendees of the medical students conference are shown with pens, booklets, and other gifts.

ALT Attendees of the medical students conference are shown with pens, booklets, and other gifts.
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The BMA
@TheBMA
Apr 10
The Treasury Committee is reviewing whether the student loan system is fair and wants to hear from doctors and medical students. But you only have a short window to tell them what it’s actually like. Doctors are often hit harder by student loans due to longer training and delayed earnings. When responding to the survey, you may want to mention... • the cost of longer medical training • interest and repayments early in your career • the combined impact of loans and tax • how debt affects morale, retention and progression The survey closes Tuesday 14 April. Have your say👉shorturl.at/24oMg
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We have heard repeated concerns from medical students’ that the significant expansion in medical school places is affecting their educational experience and their future career prospects.
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Successive governments have taken the politically expedient option of expanding medical school places without investment in medical academics, placement capacity and postgraduate training opportunities.
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Today, we are calling this out, the government must immediately pause all medical school expansion until our concerns are addressed. We have raised our concerns with ministers and today we want to hear from you, let us know your experience bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/med…

Medical school expansion - Medical school expansion - BMA

Read about our campaign to pause medical school expansion until the government address our asks to guarantee high quality education and proper workforce planning.  

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The BMA is working with Kent and Medway Medical School, Public Health Experts and students to ensure medical students are protected during the ongoing Meningitis outbreak in Kent. Please continue to follow advice given by the Medical School, as well as the UKHSA.
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Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh@now_its_nora
Mar 13
I am so proud to have trained at a Scottish Medical School. I am heart sore that the medical students in this report don’t have access to the same quality of education and optimism re job prospects as I and my peers had. Thanks @BMAScotland: Nothing works without @BMAstudents🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!
BMA Scotland@BMAScotland
Mar 12
🗣️'Students sitting on the floor for lectures, anatomy laboratories full to the brim, overcrowded ward rounds' 🚨A new @BMAScotland report is warning overcrowded classes are putting medical education standards in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ‘at serious risk’ Read more 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2026/0…
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#FixOurFunding in the media this week. Use the Write to Your MP tool today! 🔗🖋️ activism.bma.org.uk/page/186…
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The BMA
@TheBMA
Feb 11
Medical student funding in England is broken. We’re campaigning to #FixOurFunding, so students retain their entitlement to full student finance maintenance funding throughout their years of study. Support for our future doctors is vital. bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/med…
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📢 One week to FixOurFunding Forum and Financial Report. We’re releasing new data — and it’s long overdue. #MedicalStudentsFinance #FixOurFunding #StopTheDrop
We STILL need to fix our funding In the final year of medical school, students face an overall drop of over £4,500 in maintenance funding — rising to £6,000 in London. This will only get worse.

ALT We STILL need to fix our funding In the final year of medical school, students face an overall drop of over £4,500 in maintenance funding — rising to £6,000 in London. This will only get worse.

How do medical students cope? 51.6% work paid jobs just to cover living costs 85.1% cut non-essential purchases Many work over 10 hours/week during term time

ALT How do medical students cope? 51.6% work paid jobs just to cover living costs 85.1% cut non-essential purchases Many work over 10 hours/week during term time

“I know a lot of people try to balance studying along with working in their final year to try and make up the extra costs, but as a disabled student I don’t think that’s something I would be capable of doing.”

ALT “I know a lot of people try to balance studying along with working in their final year to try and make up the extra costs, but as a disabled student I don’t think that’s something I would be capable of doing.”

This isn’t about budgeting better. It’s about a system leaving future doctors financially vulnerable. We NEED full maintenance loan for all years of study 📢 STAY TUNED FEBRUARY 11TH: FIX OUR FUNDING FORUM AND FULL FINANCIAL REPORT COMING

ALT This isn’t about budgeting better. It’s about a system leaving future doctors financially vulnerable. We NEED full maintenance loan for all years of study 📢 STAY TUNED FEBRUARY 11TH: FIX OUR FUNDING FORUM AND FULL FINANCIAL REPORT COMING
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If you’re a medical student in England, who’s been severely impacted by inadequate student finances whilst at medical school, we want you to get in touch. Click here: forms.office.com/Pages/Desig…
Have you been affected by inadequate medical student finances? The funding drop in NHS Bursary funded years cannot go on. We need your help to spread the message. We’re looking for medical students in England who are happy to speak to media about their experiences with finance at medical school.

ALT Have you been affected by inadequate medical student finances? The funding drop in NHS Bursary funded years cannot go on. We need your help to spread the message. We’re looking for medical students in England who are happy to speak to media about their experiences with finance at medical school.

While we want to hear from everyone, we particularly want to hear from you if you study at the following universities: Anglia Ruskin Bangor Lancashire Leeds Nottingham Newcastle Sheffield Sunderland Surrey

ALT While we want to hear from everyone, we particularly want to hear from you if you study at the following universities: Anglia Ruskin Bangor Lancashire Leeds Nottingham Newcastle Sheffield Sunderland Surrey
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Medical Students, prepare for the Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA) with this live webinar. Free to BMA members, you will learn about the structure of the exam and key tips to achieve high marks in the Applied Knowledge Test. Book your place now 👇bma.org.uk/events/preparing-…
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Medical students, tell every Resident doctor you know in England, to return their ballot paper! Tomorrow is their last safe day to return it. A strong ballot result has the potential to impact your future pay, terms and conditions, and job security for years to come.
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Student finance is landing this week, but for many medical students, the struggle continues.  Longer courses, sky-high rent, and limited work options mean some are skipping essentials and falling into debt just to stay in medicine.
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This should NOT be the norm. It’s time for full funding for every year of medical study. Contact your BMA rep to find out more and get involved with upcoming FOF Forum Events #fof #stopthedrop
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The government has introduced emergency legislation to prioritise UK graduates for foundation and speciality training. We cautiously welcome this legislation, but the government must go further. Find out more 👉 bma.org.uk/ukgradprioritisat…
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The BMA
@TheBMA
26 Dec 2025
In our countdown to 2026 we’re running through some of our campaign highlights. The amazing work of our @BMAStudents has highlighted how being a medical student has now become unaffordable – forcing many to drop out of uni all together.
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Residents have spoken. Students: Support them! Strikes will go ahead on the 17th-22nd of December after resident doctors in England overwhelmingly reject @wesstreeting's offer. 83.2% (29,215) voted against the offer.
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Callum Williams@cmwilliams99
11 Dec 2025
There is a feeling amongst my colleagues that they have been let down - that the promise of a well-paid, secure and enjoyable job for life isn't the reality. I don't regret my decision, but I'm not sure I would make the same one again. theguardian.com/commentisfre… @devisridhar

Interviewing future medical students gave me that rare thing: hope for the NHS | Devi Sridhar

They face long hours, mediocre pay and, at worst, no job, but their optimism is astonishing – let’s support them better, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of...

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