Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85149

General Practitioners: Recruitment

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to hire more GPs.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

We are starting to see consistent growth in the general practitioner (GP) workforce. There was an overall increase of 440 full-time equivalent, or 1,298 headcount, doctors in GPs in September 2025 compared to September 2024.The Government committed to rec...

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