GP recruitment and retention: a qualitative analysis of doctors' comments about training for and working in general practice.

Journal article

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: General practice in the UK is experiencing difficulty with medical staff recruitment and retention, with reduced numbers choosing careers in general practice or entering principalships, and increases in less-than-full-time working, career breaks, early retirement and locum employment. Information is scarce about the reasons for these changes and factors that could increase recruitment and retention. The UK Medical Careers Research Group (UKMCRG) regularly surveys cohorts...

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Authors: Evans, J; Lambert, T; Goldacre, M

• Journal: Occasional paper (Royal College of General Practitioners)
• Issue: 83
• Pages: iii-33
• Publication date: 2002-02-01
• ISSN: 1352-2450
• Language: English
• Keywords: Health Care Reform; Career Choice; Great Britain; Personnel Loyalty; Family Practice; Physicians, Family; State Medicine; Attitude of Health Personnel; Humans; Education, Medical; Personnel Selection