GP retention in the UK: a worsening crisis. Findings from a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate how recent national policy-led workforce interventions are affecting intentions to remain working as a general practitioner (GP).

Design

Online questionnaire survey with qualitative and quantitative questions.

Setting and participants

All GPs (1697) in Wessex region, an area in England for which previous GP career intention data from 2014 is available.

Results

929 (54.7%) participated. 59.4% reported that morale had reduced over the past two years, and 48.5% said they had brought forward their plans to leave general practice. Intention to leave/retire in the next 2 years increased from 13% in the 2014 survey to 18% in October/November 2017 (p=0.02), while intention to continue working for at least the next 5 years dropped from 63.9% to

SUBMITTER: Owen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398901 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature