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General Practitioners: Women

Commons · Question 123166 · Tabled 24 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the change in the proportion of NHS GP's that are female between 2015 and 2025.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 13 Apr 2026

The following table shows the proportion of female full-time equivalent (FTE) general practitioners (GPs) between September 2015 and September 2025, broken down by GP role:GP typeSeptember 2015 (%)September 2025 (%)Change (%)All doctors in GPs46.152.86.7G...