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Government will fail to meet 5,000 GP target, Pulse warns
The government will fail to deliver on its pledge to attract 5,000 new GPs by 2020, according to new analysis from Pulse.
The analysis found that the Department of Health (DoH) will not even attract half of their projected target, with the workforce currently on course to increase by a maximum of 2,100 by the end of this Parliament.
Pulse found that there would be around 13,000 GPs entering the system by 2020, which includes 11,8000 GPs trained by Health Education England (HEE), as well as 1,000 UK-trained GPs registering an interest in returning from overseas based.
This is offset by an estimated 3,5000 GPs applying for certificates to work abroad, as well as 7,200 on track for retirement over the next five years.
The General Practitioners Committee responded to the figures, saying that the government’s target was ‘wholly unrealistic’.
A DoH spokesperson said: “Pulse’s figures don’t take the whole picture into account. NHS England and HEE are working closely with the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners on a 10-point plan which sets out exactly how we will achieve this. We have been clear that our target includes registrars.”
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