General Practitioners

HC Deb 15 October 2001 vol 372 cc1042-3W

Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners(a) left and (b) were recruited into the NHS in each of the last four years. [7599]

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is shown in the table.

General practitioners. Analysis of work force—joiners and leavers 1996–97 to 1999–2000—England
Number
		1996–97		1997–98		1998–99		1999–2000
UPEs1,2	26,855		27,099		27,392		27,591		27,704
Joiners		1,302		1,333		1,229		1,203
New joiners of which to:		1,029		1,069		967		958
GMS		1,029		1,047		920		886
PMS		—		22		47		72
Re-joiners of which to:		273		264		262		245
GMS		273		256		249		219
PMS		—		8		13		26
UPEs transferring directly from:
GMS to PMS		—		331		501		394
PMS to GMS		—		0		24		73
Leavers of which from:		1,058		1,040		1,030		1,090
GMS		1,058		1,040		1,013		1,058
PMS		—		—		17		32
Change in UPEs		244		293		199		113
1 UPEs include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs and PMS Salaried GPs
2 Numbers of UPEs at 1 October each year from 1996 to 1999 and 30 September from 2000. Other rows relate to changes between successive October/September Censuses

Source:

Department of Health Statistical Bulletin "Statistics for General Medical Practitioners in England 1999–2000"