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The Guardian - UK
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GPs in England: have you been reducing your hours or left the job altogether?

File photo dated 10/09/14 of a doctor checking a patient's blood pressure at the Temple Fortune Health Centre GP Practice near Golders Green, London.
File photo dated 10/09/14 of a doctor checking a patient's blood pressure at the Temple Fortune Health Centre GP Practice near Golders Green, London. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

One in three GPs in England do not work in the NHS, with increasing numbers seeking to move abroad or becoming a private contractor.

The proportion of family doctors who, although qualified, do not provide care through the NHS has risen from 27% in 2015 to 34% last year, according to a study published in the BMJ.

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