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One third of GP vacancies remain unfilled
A new survey has shown that 31 per cent of GP partners in England have been unable to fill staff vacancies during the past 12 months.
Published by the British Medical Association (BMA), the survey also found that one in five partners reported their practice taking between three to six months to appoint staff to a vacant posts.
Only one in eight said they had had no vacancies to fill.
The West Midlands and East of England were reported as the areas with the highest levels of unfilled vacancies, each at 35 per cent.
Chaand Nagpaul, BMA GPs committee chair, said: “‘It is deeply concerning that so many GPs are reporting that their practices effectively have permanent holes in their workforce, which they are unable to fill.
“In addition to this, only a small number of GP practices are operating with no vacancies, while the vast majority of GP services are suffering from constant shortages of GPs. It is clear that the crisis is so bad that general practice is being kept afloat by the essential help of locums who are stepping in to provide day-to-day services to patients.”
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