Scotland has 27% more GPs per head of population

Dr Iain Kennedy, a GP from Inverness and the chair of the British Medical Association in Scotland, said urgent action was needed to reverse the crisis. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

By Professor John Robertson OBA

Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this.

From the Guardian today:

Although the overall number of GPs working in the NHS rose, after taking changes in working hours into account those working the equivalent of full-time fell from 27,948 to 27,321.1

With one tenth of the population, all things being equal, Scotland might be expected to have 2 732 GPs FTE but had 3 478 FTE2, 27.3% more.

Sources:

  1. https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/04/nhs-faces-tipping-point-in-england-where-most-appointments-will-not-be-with-gps
  2. https://turasdata.nes.nhs.scot/media/v00by43i/2023_gp_workforce_survey_report.html#:~:text=Information%20from%202012%20to%202023,2023%2C%20equivalent%20to%203%2C478.4%20WTE

The OBA – https://scotsindependent.scot/?page_id=116

4 thoughts on “Scotland has 27% more GPs per head of population”

  1. Ah, but ….Scots are notoriously people with poor health because they drink, smoke, take too many narcotic drugs, eat only deep fried Mars Bars and are notoriously violent. So GPS in Scotland have to work twice as hard as elsewhere. Ergo 27% more GPs is not enough. Dealing with such human wreckage demoralises doctors so they must get much higher pay and have the power to refuse to treat those reprobates.

    Alasdair Macdonald

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    1. 2023 in England 

      62.4 million patients, 27231 full time equivalent GPs. So average no patients per GP is 2284

      in Scotland

      estimate 5.2 million patients, 3478 FTE GPs. So 1495 patients per GP on average. 52% BETTER.

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  3. Pingback: GPs in poor parts of England are paid £5,500 less a year than in wealthy areas but in Scotland get a £10 000 incentive – Talking-up Scotland

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