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Request received
We received the following request to carry out new analysis on the general practice workforce data we hold, exploring the path GPs take into and out of partner and salaried roles:
Over a year consider each GP type in turn including movement between types, for example, for GP Partners;
- “Joiners” - People were not a GP but became a GP partner
- “Movers in”- People who were a GP, but not a GP partner, and became a GP partner
- “Movers out” - People who were a GP partner, and became a GP, but not a GP partner
- “Leavers” - People who were a GP partner but stopped being a GP
Our response
In response we have produced an Excel workbook with four tables presenting the results of this experimental analysis. The analysis has been carried out by comparing extracts of the general practice workforce data one year apart to find partner and salaried GPs who were not in those roles one year earlier or one year later - see the Methodology sheet for a detailed explanation.
The tables present headcounts of 'new' partner and salaried GPs by the alternative GP role they held 12 months earlier, where they held one, as well as headcounts of the roles they move into where they have left those roles (tables 1a and 2a) .
Where our year-to-year comparisons indicate GPs are appearing from outside the general practice workforce or leaving it, headcounts of partner or salaried joiners and leavers are presented (tables 1b and 2b).
Experimental statistics are subject to development. However, our aim is to introduce this data to the General Practice Workforce series of Official Statistics in early 2023.
We would be grateful for feedback from users about this analysis, its usefulness and whether it could be improved. Please email us at: [email protected]