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Re: Election 2019, Week 1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50351861
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The Conservatives say they will deliver 6,000 more GPs in England by 2024-25 to increase appointments for patients, if they win the election.
They claim they will reach that target by training 3,000 new GPs and finding another 3,000 through international recruitment and better retention.
However, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said a previous Tory pledge to recruit 5,000 GPs by 2020 had not been met.
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https://www.ucas.com/ucas/after-gcse...l-practitioner
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What do I need to do to become a general practitioner?
You can get into this job through a university course.
You'll need to complete:
a 5-year degree in medicine, recognised by the General Medical Council
a 2-year foundation course of general training
a 3-year specialist training course in general practice
If you already have a degree in a science subject (minimum upper second), you could take an accelerated 4-year graduate entry programme.
You may be able to join a 6-year degree course in medicine if you have no science qualifications. This includes a one-year pre-medical or foundation year.
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3,000 more trained GPs in 5 years, but it takes either 9, 10, or 11 years to be a fully trained GP (depending which route you take - either a 4/5/6 year medical degree, then 5 more years of specialist training).
Update - just realised that in fact they would need to be trained in 4 years, as the next intake will be in September 2020 for the 20/21 Academic year.
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Last edited by Hugh; 09-11-2019 at 13:45.
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