{"id":33233,"date":"2015-01-28T12:39:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T11:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=33233"},"modified":"2015-01-28T12:39:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T11:39:19","slug":"the-bmj-today-we-may-need-more-gps-but-where-will-they-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2015\/01\/28\/the-bmj-today-we-may-need-more-gps-but-where-will-they-come-from\/","title":{"rendered":"The BMJ Today: We may need more GPs, but where will they come from?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2014\/11\/abi_rimmer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-32861\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2014\/11\/abi_rimmer-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"abi_rimmer\" width=\"139\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2014\/11\/abi_rimmer-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2014\/11\/abi_rimmer-736x1024.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/a>Integrating health and social care is Labour\u2019s main objective for the NHS, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h504\">Gareth Iacobbuci reports<\/a> in <em>The BMJ<\/em> today.<\/p>\n<p>Labour has also reiterated its plan to train and hire more doctors, nurses, care workers, and midwives, paid for by \u00a32.5bn raised through cracking down on tax avoidance, the \u201cmansion tax,\u201d and a levy on tobacco firms.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Among the additional doctors that Labour aims to hire are 8000 GPs. This would allow Labour to introduce new guarantees for patients to get an appointment with a GP within 48 hours. GPs will also be expected to offer safety checks for the elderly, to identify risks to their health such as isolation and cold homes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear, however, where these 8000 additional GPs are expected to come from. In 2014, around 12% of GP training posts in England were unfilled, <a href=\"http:\/\/careers.bmj.com\/careers\/advice\/view-article.html?id=20019782\">despite the launch of an unprecedented third round of recruitment to improve fill rates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal College of General Practitioners recently launched its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U2YaTKDAMXs&amp;feature=youtu.be\">first ever national recruitment video<\/a> to encourage medical students to become GPs, and NHS England has pledged \u00a310m to increase the GP workforce. <a href=\"http:\/\/careers.bmj.com\/careers\/advice\/view-article.html?id=20020843\">But it\u2019s still not certain that these efforts will be enough<\/a> to create the increase in GP numbers that Labour is promising.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in <em>The BMJ<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/350\/bmj.h478\">Richard Hurley reveals the fantastic news<\/a> that <em>The BMJ<\/em>\u2019s readers have donated \u00a347\u2009086 to M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res since December. The money will contribute towards the charity\u2019s continuing work in west Africa.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<strong>Abi Rimmer<\/strong>\u00a0is BMJ Careers news reporter.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Integrating health and social care is Labour\u2019s main objective for the NHS, Gareth Iacobbuci reports in The BMJ today. 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