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NHS England workforce plan needs ‘1,000s more’ family doctors, say GPs

NHS England workforce plan needs ‘1,000s more’ family doctors, say GPs



Experts warn recruiting one GP for every 24 hospital consultants will not help increase out-of-hospital careThe NHS’s landmark plan to tackle understaffing will recruit just one GP for every 24 hospital consultants, experts have warned, leaving England needing thousands more family doctors.The Royal College of GPs has written to Wes Streeting protesting against what it says is a stark imbalance that threatens one of the government’s key NHS goals. Continue reading…



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Author : Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Publish date : 2024-07-22 18:38:22

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