Written question WQ90307
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Health and Social Services
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
Will the Minister provide the number of GPs leaving the Welsh NHS for each of the last 5 years, broken down by health board?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Health and Social Services
The number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined the workforce every June since 2020 is shown in tables 1 to 8 for Wales and each health board.
Fully qualified permanent GPs include GP partners, salaried GPs and GP retainers. It does not include locums or registrars.
A leaver is defined as being in contract at 30 June in the reference year but not 30 June of the next year.
A joiner is defined as in contract at 30 June in the reference year but not at 30 June of the previous year.
Data from the Wales National Workforce Reporting System is only available from 2020, therefore consistent data is only available for 4 years.
Table 1: Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Wales
Reference period
Joiners
Leavers
Headcount
% that were joiners
% that were leavers
30-Jun-20
134
1,960
6.8%
30-Jun-21
204
181
2,030
10.0%
8.9%
30-Jun-22
161
175
2,010
8.0%
8.7%
30-Jun-23
187
2,022
9.2%
Table 2: Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Betsi Cadwaladr
Reference period
Joiners
Leavers
Headcount
% that were joiners
% that were leavers
30-Jun-20
37
408
9.1%
30-Jun-21
37
37
407
9.1%
9.1%
30-Jun-22
40
30
410
9.8%
7.3%
30-Jun-23
36
414
8.7%
Table 3: Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Hywel Dda
Reference period
Joiners
Leavers
Headcount
% that were joiners
% that were leavers
30-Jun-20
8
220
3.6%
30-Jun-21
15
16
227
6.6%
7.0%
30-Jun-22
22
18
233
9.4%
7.7%
30-Jun-23
20
240
8.3%
Table 4: Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Swansea Bay
Reference period
Joiners
Leavers
Headcount
% that were joiners
% that were leavers
30-Jun-20
14
256
5.5%
30-Jun-21
29
21
273
10.6%
7.7%
30-Jun-22
17
27
267
6.4%
10.1%
30-Jun-23
18
255
7.1%
Table 5: Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Cardiff & Vale
Reference period
Joiners
Leavers
Headcount
% that were joiners
% that were leavers
30-Jun-20
27
336
8.0%
30-Jun-21
39
37
349
11.2%
10.6%
30-Jun-22
28
30
347
8.1%
8.6%
30-Jun-23
41
354
11.6%
Table 6: Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Cwm Taf Morgannwg
Reference period
Joiners
Leavers
Headcount
% that were joiners
% that were leavers
30-Jun-20
21
294
7.1%
30-Jun-21
28
25
301
9.3%
8.3%
30-Jun-22
25
19
301
8.3%
6.3%
30-Jun-23
29
307
9.4%
Table 7: Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Aneurin Bevan
Reference period
Joiners
Leavers
Headcount
% that were joiners
% that were leavers
30-Jun-20
24
363
6.6%
30-Jun-21
49
34
389
12.6%
8.7%
30-Jun-22
22
44
371
5.9%
11.9%
30-Jun-23
36
369
9.8%
Table 8: Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Powys
Reference period
Joiners
Leavers
Headcount
% that were joiners
% that were leavers
30-Jun-20
5
100
5.0%
30-Jun-21
9
13
103
8.7%
12.6%
30-Jun-22
7
8
98
7.1%
8.2%
30-Jun-23
10
100
10.0%
Source: Wales National Workforce Reporting System
Note 1: As the same GP could be in contract with practices in more than one health board, the Wales number will not necessarily equal the sum of the health board numbers.
Note 2: The leaving statistics reflect those GPs leaving or joining general practice at the Wales level, therefore if a GP moved between health boards they would not count as a joiner or leaver in either health board.