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Written Question
General Practitioners: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
Tuesday 5th March 2024

Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress she has made on increasing levels of GP recruitment and retention.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom

Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude for the fantastic work of general practice. We are committed to increasing the number of doctors in general practice and I can tell my honourable friend that there were nearly 2,800 more full-time equivalent doctors in general practice in December 2023 compared to December 2019, and that in 2022 we saw a record 4,032 trainees accept a place on GP training, up from 2,671 in 2014. Finally, training places will rise to 6,000 by 2031/32, with the first 500 new places available from September 2025.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"3. What steps he is taking to support people with mental health conditions. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank my hon. Friend for that answer. I recently met the child and adolescent mental health services team in Harrogate, and they confirmed that there are long waiting lists for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism diagnosis. Will the Minister consider the criteria to help those who need the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Feb 2022
Covid-19: Purchasing Effort

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the revaluation of the stock simply reflects global market price fluctuations? Will he confirm that the PPE is being used? Will he also disregard the comments from Opposition Members, who are peddling known inaccuracies and whose comments on the finances show them to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Covid-19 Vaccinations

"I thank my hon. Friend for her statement. Delivering 8.7 million booster jabs at 2,400 vaccination sites is a great achievement. I agree entirely with the point about making booster jabs as available as possible. On that point though, in North Yorkshire, where we have had fantastic vaccine roll-out and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Oct 2021
Covid-19 Update

"I thank my hon. Friend for her statement and for highlighting just how many people have been vaccinated in this country. Vaccine take-up has been very high in Harrogate and Knaresborough, reflecting that. I visited a large secondary school recently, and the headteacher told me that 250 pupils and 19 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Oct 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"16. What recent steps his Department has taken to increase NHS capacity. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Oct 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank my right hon. Friend for his answer and welcome the extra investment he outlined, but too often we talk about catch up in terms of physical health. What is he doing to catch up on mental health, particularly mental health beds?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Jul 2021
Covid-19 Update

"I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, which will be greeted with a sense of relief across the country due to the profound challenges that people have faced during the lockdowns. This success is, of course, possible only because of the vaccine roll-out, so will he keep up the pressure …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jun 2021
Covid-Secure Borders

"The Minister has outlined the protections that are taken, and the work that has taken place has been very impressive. Will he just explain a little more some of the separation arrangements in airports themselves—those points of transit where people come together?..."
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