SpontaneousThinker: Yes. My school makes us take AS and A2 General Studies and AS Critical Thinking in U6. Personally, I'd scrap General Studies and just do A level Critical Thinking... although, even that's a pain in the neck. However, for some people, i.e. aspiring lawyers, it's a very useful subject. One of the boys in my school got an offer to read Law at Oxford, and they specifically included the Critical Thinking A2 in his offer.
And by the way, I agree with Optimistic. I'm Indian and although I don't want to do Medicine, it is true that there is a significant proportion of Asians who want to do it.