I’m currently in Year 12, applying for medicine. I was meant to have a week placement at a hospital shadowing a GP but unfortunately due to pressures on wards and all the strikes happening they cancelled it. It was meant to be rescheduled but I have not had a reply in months (I’m assuming they still haven’t managed to accommodate for it). I have asked around care homes, pharmacies, hospices and could not find anything. I am now stuck at a dead end and I am getting slightly frustrated.
I am currently volunteering at the British Heart Foundation as an alternative but I’m worried my application won’t be as good without the experience.
Would doing online medical work experience count? Are there any other options?
I don’t really want to take a gap year but would that be better for me?