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<p>Data on the number of general practitioner (GPs) who have left the profession in
South Yorkshire and the United Kingdom is not collected centrally.</p><p>The following
table shows the number of qualified permanent GPs, excluding GPs in training grade
and locums, leaving the general practice workforce in England by full time equivalent
(FTE) and headcount to September 2020. Data for September 2020 to September 2021 is
not held, as a review of the general practice workforce data methodology is currently
underway.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September
2016 - September 2017</p></td><td><p>2,089</p></td><td><p>2,807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September
2017 - September 2018</p></td><td><p>2,292</p></td><td><p>3,071</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September
2018 - September 2019</p></td><td><p>2,501</p></td><td><p>3,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September
2019 - September 2020</p></td><td><p>1,926</p></td><td><p>2,732</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are based only on non-estimated
qualified permanent GPs (excludes Registrars and Locums) with either a completed General
Medical Council (GMC) registration number, National Insurance Number, or both name
and date of birth details. Data shows GPs who left the cohort workforce between the
beginning and end of each specified time period. <br></li><li>A leaver is defined
as a GP whose identifying information was present in the relevant dataset at the beginning
but not at the end of the specified time period. These figures do not capture GP migration
between practices during this period<p><p></li><li>Due to data quality, a GP recorded
as a leaver in these figures may have left one practice and joined another practice
with poor data completion. In instances such as this, a GP will be incorrectly recorded
as a leaver due to the identifying information no longer being present in the dataset.
Conversely, a GP could appear in the practice cohort as a joiner but may have joined
from a practice with poor data completion rather than being a new addition to the
GP workforce. Individuals across the various time periods were matched on the following
data items; exact match on GMC registration number; exact match on National Insurance
Number; exact match on forename and surname and date of birth; and exact match on
initial and surname and date of birth. Further record matching steps are under ongoing
investigation. Therefore these rates may be subject to revision in future and should
be treated with caution.</li><li>For September 2016 these figures are based on 27,672
FTE, 99.0% of the 27,954 all qualified permanent GPs (excludes registrars and locums)
workforce excluding estimated records.</li></ol><p>For September 2017 these figures
are based on 27,278 FTE, 98.7% of the 27,624 all qualified permanent GPs (excludes
registrars and locums) workforce excluding estimated records.</p><p>For September
2018 these figures are based on 26,763 FTE, 99.1% of the 26,999 all qualified permanent
GPs (excludes registrars and locums) workforce excluding estimated records.</p><p>For
September 2019 these figures are based on 26,401 FTE, 98.9% of the 26,681 all qualified
permanent GPs (excludes registrars and locums) workforce excluding estimated records.</p><p>For
September 2020 these figures are based on 26,231 FTE, 98.9% of the 26,510 all qualified
permanent GPs (excludes registrars and locums) workforce excluding estimated records.</p><p>For
September 2016 these figures are based on 33,544 Headcount, 99.0% of the 33,887 all
qualified permanent GPs (excludes registrars and locums) workforce excluding estimated
records.</p><p>For September 2017 these figures are based on 33,473 Headcount, 98.7%
of the 33,906 all qualified permanent GPs (excludes registrars and locums) workforce
excluding estimated records.</p><p>For September 2018 these figures are based on 33,319
Headcount, 99.1% of the 33,636 all qualified permanent GPs (excludes registrars and
locums) workforce excluding estimated records.</p><p>For September 2019 these figures
are based on 33,827 Headcount, 98.9% of the 34,220 all qualified permanent GPs (excludes
registrars and locums) workforce excluding estimated records.</p><p>For September
2020 these figures are based on 34,651 Headcount, 98.9% of the 35,049 all qualified
permanent GPs (excludes registrars and locums) workforce excluding estimated records.</p><ol
start="5"><li>Experimental statistics are official statistics which are published
in order to involve users and stakeholders in their development and as a means to
build in quality at an early stage. It should be noted that limitations may apply
to the interpretation of this data<p><p></li><li>Figures do not contain estimates
for practices that did not provide fully valid records.</li><li>Figures shown do not
include GPs working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist
care centres including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres and other alternative
settings outside of traditional general practice such as urgent treatment centres
and minor injury units<p><p></li></ol><p>8. FTE refers to the proportion of full-time
contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. One would indicate they
work a full set of hours (37.5), 0.5 that they worked half time.</p><p>9. Data as
at 30 September.</p>
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