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General Practitioners: Wirral West

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 67067, tabled on 19 October 2022

Question

Margaret Greenwood
Labour
Wirral West
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of GPs in Wirral West constituency.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Will Quince
Conservative
Colchester
Commons

Answered on

27 October 2022

We are working with NHS England, Health Education England and the profession to increase the general practice workforce in England, including in Wirral West. This includes measures to improve recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession and encourage them to return to practice.

The updated GP Contract Framework announced a number of new schemes, alongside continued support for existing recruitment and retention schemes for the general practice workforce. This includes the GP Retention Scheme, the GP Retention Fund, the National GP Induction and Refresher, the Locum Support Scheme, the New to Partnership Payment and the Supporting Mentors Scheme.

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