Claim: Putting a doctor through medical school "costs the taxpayer" £230,000.
Fact-check: The cost of training a doctor - Full Fact
Verdict: that's wrong. about £64,300 of that comes in student loans, most of which the government gets back. the rest comes in grants for tuition, living costs and clinical placements.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne;Richard Braham
Date published: 2016-10-21T00:00:00