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<p>The annual workforce census, published by the Health and Social Care Information
Centre shows that as at 30 September 2014 there were 4,662 more consultants and 2,389
more doctors in training working in the National Health Service in England than there
were in September 2010.</p><br /><p>The census also shows that there were 1,219 more
qualified general practitioners (GPs) working in England over the same period.</p><br
/><p>The Government has maintained the number of undergraduate medical training places
at a level sufficient to support continued increase in the medical workforce in England.Where
there are shortages in specific specialties, the Department will work with Health
Education England and NHS England to address them for example, through the ten point
plan for the general practice workforce, which will boost recruitment, encourage experienced
GPs to remain in the profession and support GPs to return to practice. The Government
has also committed to providing an estimated 5,000 more doctors working in general
practice by 2020.</p>
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