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General Practitioners: Training

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 7 May 2025UIN 49097

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase capacity for training new GPs.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

We are committed to training thousands more general practitioners and will ensure that there is sufficient capacity in the National Health Service to deliver this.

To reform the NHS and make it fit for the future, we have launched a 10-Year Health Plan as part of Government’s five long-term missions. Ensuring we have the right people, in the right places, with the right skills will be central to this vision. We will publish a refreshed workforce plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, and treat patients on time again.

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