Some family contacts of mine said they know people (within the past 3 years and in the UK) who managed to get into a teaching hospital course merely by handing in their CV and getting accepted.
Admittedly they had already degrees in biochemistry/similar subjects and were working within the healthcare industry (though not as a doctor, obviously) - but a CV was all they handed in to get accepted. No UCAS, no GAMSAT/UKCAT.
I told them this was impossible, otherwise there wouldn't be forums like TSR existing where prospective students agonize over their medical applications. But they were adamant.
Do courses such as this exist? And where?