Trainee GP numbers rise for third year running
GP trainee numbers in England have risen for the third year in a row, with recruitment up a record 15% versus last year
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Survey reveals ‘workforce crisis’ in NHS
Performance statistics throughout the last year have shown “strain on an already stretched system.”
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NHS England widens GP recruitment drive to Australia
NHS England is targeting Australia in its latest drive to boost GP numbers.
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GP closures could have ‘catastrophic’ effect on patient care, says RCGP
GP leaders are warning that more than 2.5 million patients across England could see their GP practice close in the next five years because of the high number of family doctors at risk of leaving the profession.
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GP workforce in ‘precarious state’, warns RCGP
A small study involving GPs based in the South West has revealed the key factors driving a large number of doctors out of the profession, prompting GPs leaders to warn that the workforce is in a “precarious state”.
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Data shows ‘gravely concerning’ drop in GPs numbers
NHS figures have revealed a significant drop in the number of GPs in England in the last year despite government pledges to swell the workforce.
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Overseas recruitment essential to NHS, say trust chiefs
Any significant cut in the number of overseas staff working in the NHS in the next few years is likely to have a “serious and damaging impact” on services, NHS Providers is warning.
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NHS England moves to pull in overseas doctors
NHS England is setting up a GP International Recruitment Office to help deliver its target of recruiting 2,000 overseas doctors to join the GP workforce in England over the next three years.
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Just two-thirds of trainee GPs plan career in NHS general practice
Only two in three doctors who are completing their training to become GPs plan to work in NHS general practice, research by the University of Warwick has found.
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Gov’t unveils plans to create 21,000 new mental health posts
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has unveiled new plans to expand the mental health workforce and address the “historic imbalance” in capacity in order to “fulfil ambitions” to improve mental health services.
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Two in five South West GPs planning to quit direct care
GP workforce capacity is in the spotlight again after new research published in BMJ Open found that around two in every five working within direct patient care in South West England are intending to permanently quit direct patient care within the next five years.
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GP closures at record levels
The number of GP practices shutting their doors in England has risen to record highs, forcing more than a quarter of a million people to change their family doctor.
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