Quitting patient care and career break intentions among general practitioners in South West England: findings of a census survey of general practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Given recent concerns regarding general practitioner (GP) workforce capacity, we aimed to describe GPs' career intentions, especially those which might impact on GP workforce availability over the next 5 years.

Design

Census survey, conducted between April and June 2016 using postal and online responses , of all GPs on the National Health Service performers list and eligible to practise in primary care. Two reminders were used as necessary.

Setting

South West England (population 3.5  million), a region with low overall socioeconomic deprivation.

Participants

Eligible GPs were 2248 out of 3370 (67 % response rate).

Main outcome measures

Reported likelihood of permanently leaving or reducing hours spent in direct patient care or of taking a caree

SUBMITTER: Fletcher E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719652 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature