LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

A quarter of Scottish general practices report vacancies

Photo by homajob from unsplash

Action is being demanded to tackle recruitment problems in general practice in Scotland, as a new survey shows that vacancies exist in at least one in four practices. More than… Click to show full abstract

Action is being demanded to tackle recruitment problems in general practice in Scotland, as a new survey shows that vacancies exist in at least one in four practices. More than half of Scotland’s 963 practices took part in the survey, and 26% of responding practices reported at least one GP vacancy. Of the 171 unfilled posts that were reported, almost three quarters had been vacant for six months or more. The survey, carried …

Keywords: general practices; report vacancies; survey; scottish general; practices report; quarter scottish

Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2017

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.