RCGP calls for 5,000 GPs to be trained a year to boost a dwindling workforce

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has called for 5,000 GPs to be trained a year to meet workforce targets and safeguard patient care. Currently, there are 3,500 placements for GP training a year – and this year, more junior doctors have chosen to specialise in general practice than ever before – but the College says these numbers must increase to at least 5,000 a year as soon as possible, and for this to be funded appropriately. It comes as Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, RCGP Chair, has written to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rishi Sunak, urging him to use