GP pressure: Numbers show first sustained drop for 50 years
The Nuffield Trust analysis looked at the number of GPs working in the NHS per 100,000 people across the UK.
The Nuffield Trust believes another 3,500 GPs would be needed to get the NHS back to where it was in 2014.Patients report it is getting more difficult to get an appointment.Around 750,000 patients are surveyed each year. "It is a real problem. Some GP surgeries are really struggling to recruit the staff they need, particularly the smaller surgeries."For a number of years the NHS was struggling to attract junior doctors to become GPs.That has now been rectified - and the number of training places increased.This boost in numbers has yet to be fully felt as it takes at least three years to train a junior doctor to become a GP.
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