General Practitioners: Recruitment
Commons · Question 75262 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the recruitment of GPs.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 11 Sep 2025
We are starting to see consistent growth in the general practitioner (GP) workforce. In July 2025, there were 658 more fully qualified full-time equivalent GPs working in practices than in July 2024.The Government committed to recruiting over 1,000 recen...