The General Practice Workforce series of official statistics presents a snapshot of the general practice workforce in primary care
Firstly, some definitions
For the purposes of NHS workforce statistics, the NHS defines ‘full-time working’ as 37.5 hours per week; ‘full-time equivalent’ (FTE) is a standardised measure of the workload of an employed person. Using FTE, the NHS can convert part-time and additional working hours into an equivalent number of full-time staff – for example, an individual working 37.5 hours would be classed as 1.0 FTE, while a colleague working 30 hours would be 0.8 FTE. The term ‘headcount’ relates to distinct individuals and, as the same person may hold more than one role, care should be taken when interpreting headcount figures.
General practice workforce as at 31 January 2022:
36,009 FTE GPs = headcount 45,295
27,757 FTE fully-qualified GPs (excludes GPs in training grade) = headcount 37,113
26,985 FTE qualified permanent GPs (excludes GPs in training grade and locums) = headcount 35,507
16,501 FTE nurses = headcount 23,371
14,993 FTE direct patient care staff = headcount 21,126
Due to the effect of seasonality on general practice workforce trends, comparisons between different releases should only ever be made on a year-on-year basis.
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