General Practitioners: Recruitment
(asked on 20th October 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional GPs are required to match patient need.
This question was answered on 27th October 2021
There is no national recommendation for the number of general practitioner (GPs) required to match patient need. Each general practice is required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of their registered population. It is therefore necessary to consider the workforce for each practice including the range of health professionals available, who are able to respond to the needs of their patients.