GP Crisis: Britain's Practices at Risk of Mass Closures
Update: 2025-12-26
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Britains GP practices face potential mass closures within five years due to rising workloads, tough economics, and a mismatch between available jobs and what new doctors want. The government and resident doctors are in a dispute over pay rises and a claimed shortage of posts for freshly qualified GPs. New grads prefer high-paying locum shifts, leaving practices struggling with thin margins. The crisis has led to over one thousand practices closing between 2017 and 2025, with patient numbers jumping by four point eight million. The government is moving to fix access, but the British Medical Association threatens action. Health Secretary Wes Streeting stands firm with a one point one billion pound funding boost and two thousand nine hundred extra family doctors. Urgent business training for GPs, better incentives for commitment, and real fixes are needed to keep local care alive.
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