General Practitioners: Labour Turnover
(asked on 6th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
What estimate his Department has made of the number of GPs who plan to leave general practice in the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 6th February 2018
We know that one of the main reasons GPs leave general practice is retirement. That is why we have put in place comprehensive measures to ensure we meet our commitment of an extra 5,000 GPs in the NHS by 2020. GP Career Plus, the GP Retention Scheme and the National GP Induction and Refresher Scheme will all help get valuable experienced GPs back into our NHS. 3,157 GP training places were also filled in 2017 – the highest number ever.