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General Practitioners

Commons · Question 75464 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) doctors completing GP training and (b) available GP posts.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 15 Sep 2025

NHS England produces regular forecasts of the numbers of doctors due to complete General Practitioner (GP) training. Latest data show that for 2025/26, 1,964 doctors completed GP training between 1 April and 21 August 2025 with a further 2,733 doctors for...