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NHS Staffing

It is important to get the facts right. Our training levels for doctors have never been higher. The recruitment and retention rates for junior doctors, and for GPs in particular, have never been higher. It was right that we looked at their contracts some time ago, which has helped considerably in recruitment and retention, but I do not recognise the claim that there is a shortage. There are areas with inequalities and it may be more difficult to recruit GPs to them, but training in our medical schools, in particular for GPs, has never been at a higher level.