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The Government bases its numbers on head count, but the truth is that many GPs work part time, and the flagship target of 800 GPs is well short of what is actually required.
The figure is now around 5 per cent, so the numbers have halved. We have not lost too many—only a couple—but as we have grown, we have not been able to attract people.