Sources: NHS Workforce Statistics in England, Medical and Dental staff. Note: All data excludes GP retainers and registrars. New headcount methodology introduced in 2010 is not fully comparable with data for previous years, due to improvements that make it a more stringent count of absolute staff numbers.

By 2014 the number of GPs in England had risen by 699 since 2010

36,000

35,500

35,819

14

13

12

11

10

35,000

Sources: NHS Workforce Statistics in England, Medical and Dental staff. Note: All data excludes GP retainers and registrars. New headcount methodology introduced in 2010 is not fully comparable with data for previous years, due to improvements that make it a more stringent count of absolute staff numbers.

36,000

35,500

35,819

14

13

12

11

10

35,000

By 2014 the number of GPs in England had risen by 699 since 2010