One in five GPs change career due to lack of work as a doctor, survey finds
A further 47% said they were expecting to make changes.
In a survey of more than 1,400 family doctors, one in five GPs in England have told the BMA they plan to change their career because they cannot find any or enough work as a doctor.
A further 47% said they were expecting to make changes.
The most popular change was to take clinical jobs outside of the NHS (43%), taking up GP opportunities abroad (40%) and, for some, leaving healthcare altogether (38%).
The BMA did its first survey on GP under- and unemployment last year, when locums reported they were struggling to find roles, but the latest data showed that other GPs, mainly salaried, are also now struggling to find a job.
Rising running costs and decades of underfunding in general practice have made it harder for practices to hire the staff they need; funding has also been diverted into non-GP roles.
As a short-term solution, the Government expanded the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) – a ring-fenced fund for hiring non-GP staff – to include GPs.
However, this offers only fixed-term roles to 1,000 newly qualified GPs according to BMA.
Positions are often miles away from where GPs live and span multiple sites.
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