Does cambridge and oxford still allow BA students major in relevant subjects e.g. phy

In actual practice, does uni cambridge and uni oxford still allow BA students major in relevant subjects (e.g. physiology) transfer into MBBCh? I remember that years ago when I was doing a google search I found that both cambridge and oxford allows BA students to transfer into MBBCh or BTheology (because they are "higher" qualifications than BA), but I'm not sure if this regulation is no longer in practice.

I've never heard of that. Are you sure you're not thinking of their intercalated degree process - as all medical degree students also have to earn a BA at Oxford and Cambridge by intercalating (at Cambridge this can be done by undertaking Part II in principle in almost any subject but usually one of the natural sciences Part II subjects - at Oxford it's a much more structured programme with fewer options I gather).

I think medical courses in general used to have a bit more flexibility with transfers etc. Not sure about Oxford, but many years ago, you could for example transfer from NatSci into Medicine at Cambridge (although I'm not sure how common/difficult it was). This certainly is not allowed any more at Cambridge.

This happened at other universities too, and maybe it still does happen at other universities? Eg there'd be occasional spaces for people to transfer from biomedical sciences etc into medicine, although you'd probably have to start at year 1 again. I'm not sure if this still happens or not.

I'm not aware of this having been the case for at least the last 10 years. If by "a long time a go" you mean in the 70s and 80s then perhaps but also at the time medicine was a completely different field, and that has no real bearing on the situation today.

There are handful of biomedical sciences to medicine transfer schemes at unis, these are clearly advertised and with very detailed information about the requirements to do so successfully included. They are universally not recommended as a route into medicine as every single one requires you to meet all the standard requirements of the medical course you are transferring into anyway, there are normally only a couple (e.g. one to five at most) places available for said transfers, and basically everyone on those courses will be applying to it. So you go from a competition ratio of maybe 1/5 to 1/150, and on top of that they consider your performance in the course and thus to be successful you realistically need to be in the top 10 (not 10%, as in 10 as a number) in the entire cohort of 200-300 BMS students.

This is really a rabbit hole to nowhere. I'm not sure what you or the OP are hoping to do with this information but there is no situation in which the best option is ever not just applying to standard entry medicine as a school leaver. Unless you are a mature student with a degree already, no other route is worth consideration.

Yes, transfers from NatSci to medicine at Cambridge wouldn't have been occurring in the last 10 years. I'm not sure exactly when they stopped being technically allowed, although I don't think it was ever common. I think it was still technically possible up until perhaps roughly 2008 or so? Not sure exactly though. But yes, even if it was technically possible, I don't think it happened very much.

Eg see this old thread, at which point it was possible: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=136795

I'm not hoping to do anything with this information personally. I just saw nobody had answered OP's question, so added my comment.

The thread you linked is 18 years old. There are people who were born after that thread was created starting a medical degree this year. I don't think that's a really useful source of information at this rate.

The thread you linked is 18 years old. There are people who were born after that thread was created starting a medical degree this year. I don't think that's a really useful source of information at this rate.