Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of GP retention programmes in retaining GPs (a) in Bradford, (b) in Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) nationally.

A number of retention programmes operate in West Yorkshire and Bradford.  These are overseen, monitored and assessed for effectiveness by NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB). The number of general practitioners (GPs) and primary care teams accessing retention programmes is regularly reviewed and assessed through engagement with participants. NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB and NHS South Yorkshire ICB also assess the effectiveness of retention schemes though workforce boards. In England, we are working with the National Health Service and the profession on the implementation of and feedback received on the GP retention schemes, which will be used to evaluate effectiveness and determine potential further opportunities.