Government is not on track to increase GP numbers, says Nuffield Trust

The government won’t be able to fulfil its commitment to increase the number of GPs by 6000 by 2025, a data analysis by the healthcare think tank the Nuffield Trust indicates.

Ahead of the 2019 general election the Conservatives promised to deliver 6000 more GPs by 2024-25, as part of a pledge to provide 50 million more appointments in general practices every year.1 However, the Nuffield Trust found …