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<p>The information is not held centrally. On 25 March 2014 the Health and Social Care
Information Centre (HSCIC) published its annual census on the General and Personal
Medical Services workforce, which collects information from general practices in England
and reflects the position as at 30 September 2013. The census shows that 2,763 general
practitioners (GP) (excluding registrars and retainers) joined the profession between
2012 and 2013. However, the census does not show how many of these joiners were newly
qualified GPs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The census also shows that there were
36,294 full time equivalent GPs working in the NHS in England. More information is
available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB13849/nhs-staf-2003-2013-gene-prac-rep.pdf</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government established Health Education England (HEE) to
be responsible for delivering a better health and healthcare workforce for England
and for ensuring a secure future supply. HEE has published the number of postgraduate
medical trainees that enter general practice specialty training at ST1 in each of
the last five years, at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://gprecruitment.hee.nhs.uk/Portals/8/Documents/Annual%20Reports/GP%20ST1%20Recruitment%20Figures%202009-13.pdf</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The provision of health services in the UK is a devolved issue.
The contacts for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are available from the links
below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland: http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index.htm</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Wales: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/?lang=en</p><p> </p>
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