General Practitioners
(asked on 17th July 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many fully qualified general practitioners there are in England as of 17 July.
This question was answered on 23rd July 2025
According to the latest published data from May 2025, there are 28,250 full time equivalent (FTE) fully qualified general practitioners (GPs). The corresponding headcount figure is 38,868.
Compared to May 2024, there has been a net increase of 601 FTE fully qualified GPs in May 2025. The net increase in headcount over the same period is 1,293.
Data on the number of vacancies is not held centrally.