Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75464

General Practitioners

Tabled: 5 September 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) doctors completing GP training and (b) available GP posts.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

NHS England produces regular forecasts of the numbers of doctors due to complete General Practitioner (GP) training. Latest data show that for 2025/26, 1,964 doctors completed GP training between 1 April and 21 August 2025 with a further 2,733 doctors for...

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