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Disappearing GPs
— is there a crisis in recruitment and retention of general practitioners in England? | | Author(s) | Brenda Leese, Ruth Young |
| Corporate Author | National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC) |
| Publisher | National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, Manchester, 1999 |
| Pages | 28 pp (Debates in primary care 3) |
| Source | NPCRDC, 5th floor, Williamson Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL. |
| Keywords | General practitioners ; Labour economics ; Employment ; Conditions of employment ; Social surveys ; England. |
| Annotation | There has been considerable concern that there is a growing crisis in general practitioner (GP) recruitment and retention. This has largely been attributed to a dissatisfaction with the recent NHS reforms and to perceptions of an increased workload and low morale within the profession. This paper uses a labour market studies approach and puts forward the view that greater flexibility in the GP labour market could offset many workforce problems, both at individual and local area level. Working time flexibility acknowledges the trend towards increasing numbers of GPs, both male and female, who opt to work on a less than full-time basis. The paper examines trends in the GP workforce: the move towards a primary care led National Health Service (NHS); changing supply patterns; and geographical differences. Flexibility is discussed as a potential solution to GP workforce problems. Of most relevance and effectiveness for general practice, in terms of recruiting, retaining and utilising the GP workforce (active and inactive) are: working-time flexibility; labour mobility; wage or earnings flexibility; and functional flexibility. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826003 B |
| Classmark | QT6: WH: WJ: WKA: 3F: 82 |
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