To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of NHS GPs in London in each of the past five years.
Answered on
20 October 2022
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors in general practice in London in each of the last five years.
June 2022 | 5,282 |
June 2021 | 5,251 |
June 2020 | 5,192 |
June 2019 | 5,210 |
June 2018 | 5,139 |
Notes:
- Figures contain estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid records.
- It is not recommended that comparisons be made between quarterly or monthly figures due to the unknown effect of seasonality on workforce numbers. Therefore, the latest comparable data available is June 2022.
- FTE refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. ‘1’ would indicate they work a full set of hours (37.5), 0.5 that they worked half time. In GPs in Training Grade contracts 1 FTE = 40 hours and in this table these FTEs have been converted to the standard wMDS measure of 1 FTE = 37.5 hours for consistency.
- Figures shown do not include staff working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres and other alternative settings outside of traditional general practice such as urgent treatment centres and minor injury units.
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Department of Health and Social Care