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Written question asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Monday, 18 December 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 January 2018. It was answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 December 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

General Practitioners: Training

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the conclusion of the joint Royal College of General Practitioner’s and Medical Schools Council report, Destination GP, that additional funding for GP student placements is required to encourage more medical students to become GPs.

Answer

The Department sets the tariff for placements and as set out in the draft workforce strategy, Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future – A draft health and care workforce strategy for England to 2027, Health Education England (HEE) will advise ministers in spring 2018 on their assessment of options for reforming undergraduate and postgraduate tariffs to better support clinical learning environments and a larger learner population; including primary care. A copy of Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future is attached.

HEE has implemented a range of improvements to increase the number of general practitioner (GP) training places to 3,250 each year. In 2017 3,157 new starters were recruited to training posts – this is the highest number of GP trainees ever.

NHS England, HEE, the British Medical Association and Royal College of General Practitioners have been working together to increase the number of medical students choosing to enter specialty GP training.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4268
Session
2017-19
Attachment
Facing the facts, shaping the future
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Finance General practitioners Training
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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