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Sixty seconds on . . . GP numbers
BMJ 2017; 357 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2597 (Published 26 May 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;357:j2597
- Nigel Hawkes
- London
So, GP numbers are down again?
Yes and no.
Come on, surely they either are or they aren’t?
Take a deep breath: this is a statistical minefield. The decline to which you refer is a fall of 46 (40 085 to 40 039 reported by NHS Digital in England’s GP headcount excluding locums) between the end of last December and the end of March this year. But if we look at full …
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