General Practitioners: Labour Turnover

(asked on 31st January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the level of retention was for GPs in the NHS in the latest period for which data is available; and if he will make an assessment of the reasons for this level.


Answered by
Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
This question was answered on 7th February 2023

Between December 2021 and December 2022, 2,404 FTE fully-qualified GPs left general practice.

We remain committed to growing the GP workforce and number of doctors in general practice - the Government is determined to deliver this as soon as possible. There were 2,167 more full time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in general practice in December 2022 compared to December 2019.  We are working with NHSE and HEE to increase the general practice workforce in England. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession, and encourage them to return to practice.

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