'Equality' call from the BMA.

THE British Medical Association has called on the medical profession to ensure it is not discriminating against lower income families and ethnic minorities.

Large differences in medical school acceptance rates between ethnic minorities and social classes have been revealed in a BMA report.

Six in 10 medical school applicants come from the "highest" social classes, and are twice as likely to be accepted by the schools than people from "working class" backgrounds, and only 39 per cent of people from black African backgrounds are accepted - compared with 73 per cent from white and Asian backgrounds.