General Practitioners: Recruitment
Commons · Question 85149 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to hire more GPs.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Nov 2025
We are starting to see consistent growth in the general practitioner (GP) workforce. There was an overall increase of 440 full-time equivalent, or 1,298 headcount, doctors in GPs in September 2025 compared to September 2024.The Government committed to rec...