I'm by no means an expert on medicine, but I don't see how things won't be competitive next year unfortunately. Ultimately, any course which relies on placements will have an unofficial cap on places. And there will be applicants who are deferred this year, or reapplying due to getting better than predicted grades this summer. There will also be the issue of autumn resits and deferred places like last year.
We also know that exams won't be in their normal format next summer, which may make unis cautious about preferring people leaving school in 2022 to those who left in 2021.
And, as far as I'm aware, there won't be any more new places available next year?