Nearly 40 per cent of GPs plan to leave the NHS within five years

Nearly 40 per cent of GPs plan to leave the NHS within five years

ByMatthew Betteridge

Government attempts to stop GPs quitting the profession are failing as four in 10 say they are planning to retire within five years, a new report has found. A review by the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) raises concern that many doctors have yet to see changes promised by the Department of Health’s five year…

Nurses could train to become doctors by doing ‘part-time’ medical degrees

Nurses could train to become doctors by doing ‘part-time’ medical degrees

ByMatthew Betteridge

Nurses could train to become doctors by doing “part-time degrees” under radical proposals to increase the number of medics. Health officials on Wednesday said they were looking at ways to encourage nurses, pharmacists, and physios to train to become doctors while they earned. Professor Ian Cumming, head of Health Education England, said “the concept of…