appealing GCSE grades for med school

This would be something for your referee to address, not in your personal statement.

they scrapped personal statements my bro

No, they'll just be fixed questions to answer. You'll cover the same content as the free format PS.

The reference will also now have a specifc section for "extenuating circumstances which may have impacted the applicant's education and achievement":

https://www.ucas.com/advisers/writing-references/changes-undergraduate-references-2024-entry

Ah I see. Good to know. Thanks for the help

I had circumstances that lead me to doing me to self teaching GCSE in a year. I got a 6 in chemistry & a 7 in bio + maths + eng lang + eng lit alongside a 9 in arabic. A resit of physics 2 years later gave me a grade 7.

Could I potentially mention this in my application. I know its a bit of an insane question but I wonder if it'll help my application, considering I'm competing with people who probably got 8-9s at GCSE.