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Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 March 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 March 2018. It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 March 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

General Practitioners

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the level of GP shortages in (a) Chelmsford, (b) Ormskirk, (c) Lincoln, (d) Sunderland, (e) Canterbury and (f) Bradford.

Answer

The figures for numbers of general practitioner (GP) to patients in the areas highlighted are set out in the table below.

All Practitioners as at September 2017

Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Name

All Practitioners (excluding Retainers, Registrars and Locums)

All Patients

Patients Per GP

NHS Mid Essex CCG

197

380,932

1,934

NHS West Lancashire CCG

61

113,581

1,862

NHS Lincolnshire West CCG

118

239,826

2,032

NHS Sunderland CCG

154

284,133

1,845

NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG

138

223,838

1,622

NHS Bradford Districts CCG

225

332,079

1,476

NHS Bradford City CCG

55

138,582

2,520

England Total

34,267

58,674,676

1,712

The Department and NHS England established a scheme to recruit GPs to ‘hard to recruit’ areas. Other support being provided to encourage GPs to remain in the National Health Service includes the GP Career Plus and the GP Retention Scheme. In addition, the National GP Induction and Refresher Scheme helps GPs back into the NHS.

By 2020 the Government has committed to 5,000 additional doctors in general practice, as part of a wider increase to the total workforce in general practice of 10,000.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
133559
Session
2017-19
Subjects
General practitioners Vacancies
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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