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General Practitioners: Unemployment

Commons · Question 121250 · Tabled 16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Juliet Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of GPs who are (a) unemployed and looking for work and (b) under-employed and looking for additional work in (i) Broxtowe constituency, (ii) the East Mi

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 23 Mar 2026

The data requested is not held centrally. Thanks to actions taken by the Government, we have the highest number of fully qualified general practitioners (GPs) since 2015, and steps are being taken to grow the GP workforce further.We are investing £485 mil...