Medical schools will seek, where possible, to make any reasonable adjustments to assist students who have specific health requirements and challenges.

In considering applicants with a disability, the medical school will also take into account the General Medical Council (GMC) and Medical Schools Council’s joint guidance ‘Medical students: professional behaviour and fitness to practise.’ It will need to consider the impact of a disability on an applicant’s fitness to practise medicine because it has a responsibility to ensure that all students will be eligible for registration by the GMC on registration.

The GMC has produced some specific guidance on this issue which is available from the guidance page.

If you have a disability you should tick the relevant box on the UCAS form. Disclosing a disability on your form will not affect the screening of your application. If an offer is made, the medical school will discuss your requirements in detail and may also seek advice from its Occupational Health Service or Disability Unit. Non-disclosure at the admission stage of a mental or physical health problem that significantly impairs your fitness to practise and which is later revealed when at medical school will be considered as a serious fitness to practise issue. This may result in you being referred to the school’s Fitness to Practise Committee and could, in some cases, result in you being withdrawn from the medical programme.