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<p><em>There are more than 1,000 more general practitioners (GPs) now working and
training in the National Health Service than from the position in September 2010,
the most recent figures after the General Election – these data are published once
a year in September. The next census as at 30 September 2014 will be published in
March 2015.</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Transforming Primary Care
</em>set out the intention to make available around 10,000 primary and community health
and care professionals by 2020, in support of the shift in how care will be provided.
Bringing forward substantial numbers of new GPs through training is a key part of
this, and Health Education England’s (HEE) mandate commitment will increase the total
number of GPs available by 5,000.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>In order
to understand the needs of the primary care workforce of the future, HEE has commissioned
an independent review. On 10 December 2014, HEE announced that Professor Martin Roland,
Professor of Health Services Research, University of Cambridge, will Chair the Primary
Care Workforce Commission. </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>The work
was commissioned by HEE at the request of the Secretary of State for Health, due to
the future health and care system requiring greater emphasis on community, primary
and integrated services, and to ensure that we have the primary care workforce to
meet the changing needs for healthcare, therefore it will focus on: </em></p><p> </p><p><em>
</em></p><p> </p><p><em>- </em><em>patient and population need; </em></p><p> </p><p><em>-
</em><em>emerging models of care to respond to the population need; </em></p><p> </p><p><em>-
</em><em>maximising new skill sets; and</em></p><p> </p><p><em>- </em><em>education
and training. </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>HEE are currently implementing
a number of projects to support recruitment into practice. This includes a pre-GP
year pilot in five Local Education and Training Boards that provides targeted educational
development for those expressing interest in general practice, and the launch of a
primary and community care programme.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HEE plan
to undertake a review of the medical student intake in 2015 in the context of the
HEE Strategic Framework 15, the HEE Workforce Plan for England 2015-16, and the recently
published NHS England Five Year Forward View.</p><p> </p>
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