Question follow-through · 33260

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of qualified GPs who are (a) unemployed and (b) underemployed.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
26 Feb 2025
Answer
5 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of qualified GPs who are (a) unemployed and (b) underemployed.

  2. 26 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    We hugely value the critical role that general practitioners (GPs) play and are determined to address the issues they face by shifting the focus of the National Health Service beyond hospitals and into the community.The Government committed to recruiting ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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