Written questions

General Practitioners: Recruitment

Commons · Question 78048 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Kerry McCarthy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to recruit more experienced GPs whose Certificate of Completion of Training date was more than two years ago.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 22 Oct 2025

We hugely value and appreciate the work that all general practitioners (GPs) do and recognise that it is vital for their roles to be satisfying, rewarding, and sustainable so that our GPs continue to contribute throughout their career.The Government commi...