General Practice Workforce, 30 November 2022

On 24 November 2022 we released the results of some new experimental analysis of general practice workforce data on our supplementary information pages. The aim of the analysis was to explore the path GPs take into and out of partner and salaried roles.

Experimental statistics are subject to development. However, our aim is to include this analysis in this series of Official Statistics on a quarterly basis, starting with the statistics relating to 31 December 2022, scheduled for release on 26 January 2023.

We would be grateful for feedback from users about the new analysis, its usefulness and whether it could be improved. Please email us at: [email protected]

For more information and to download the results, please see the supplementary information page.

The General Practice Workforce, 31 December 2022 publication (to be released on 26 January 2023) will also include, for the first time, regional and Integrated Care Board-level GP joiner and leaver statistics.  These figures will be presented in four CSVs and will complement the existing quarterly England-level figures which are presented in Excel tables. 

The four CSVs released on 26 January 2023 will reflect GP joiners and leavers in the year from 31 December 2021 to 31 December 2022, with subsequent periods released each quarter, for statistics relating to March, June and September. Two of the files will relate to all fully qualified GPs (excludes GPs in training grades) with the remaining two presenting fully qualified permanent GPs (excludes GPs in training grade and locums). 

For each group of GPs, one file will present joiners and leavers to/from general practice, broken down at region and ICB level, while the second file will present joiners and leavers to/from each ICB and region (joiners/leavers to from general practice plus movers between ICBs/regions).

Guidance on how to use the files will be published alongside them.

Further information

If you have any comments or questions about these changes, please contact NHS Digital on 0300 303 5678 or email Primary[email protected].