Graduate Medicine: Cambridge’s 5 Year Affiliate Programme

I’m looking at applying to Graduate Entry Medicine in the autumn and one of the options I’m considering is Cambridge’s A100 course as a graduate “affiliate” where the degree is a year shorter than the standard course.

This isn’t their A101 4 year graduate program but it is still one year shorter than their standard 6 year A100 course being 5 years in length. The option is only open to graduate applicants.

I understand that for graduate entry medicine, tuition fee loans aren’t provided for standard undergraduate medical courses that are 5 or 6 years. They’re only provided for graduate entry courses. But all the guidance online stipulates that these courses must be 4 years in length.

Where do courses like Cambridge’s 5 year graduate-only affiliate programme fit into this matrix? Would I be eligible for tuition loans because it is only open to graduate applicants or would I not be because it is longer than 4 years? This seems to be a growing classification of degree that isn’t only limited to Cambridge - Imperial offer a similar programme.

The information about the affiliate programme is available here on Cambridge’s website: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/medicine