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General Practitioners: Widnes

Answer

The following table shows full time equivalent (FTE) doctors in general practice in Widnes and Halewood constituency in the period between March 2020 and March 2026:

Date	All doctors in general practice	Fully qualified general practitioners	General practitioners in training grades
March 2020	37.2	31.9	5.3
March 2021	40.2	33.4	6.8
March 2022	41.8	34.4	7.4
March 2023	42.5	34.0	8.5
March 2024	34.7	28.5	6.2
March 2025	40.2	31.9	8.3
March 2026	42.5	34.4	8.1

Source: NHS England

Notes:

1. Data does not include estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid staff records.

2. Data does not include general practitioners (GPs) employed directly by primary care networks (PCNs) as PCNs may operate across constituency boundaries.

3. FTE refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours (37.5), 0.5 that they worked half time.  In GPs in Training Grade contracts 1 FTE = 40 hours and in this table these FTEs have been converted to the standard wMDS measure of 1 FTE = 37.5 hours for consistency.

4. Figures shown do not include staff working in Prisons, Army Bases, Educational Establishments, Specialist Care Centres including Drug Rehabilitation Centres, Walk-In Centres and other alternative settings outside of traditional general practice such as urgent treatment centres and minor injury units.

5. Practices in Widnes and Halewood constituency were identified using the practice postcode and the National Statistics Postcode Lookup.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

16848

Session

2026-27

Subjects

General practitioners Widnes

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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