Health written question – answered at on 16 July 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GPs worked (a) fewer than 10 hours per week, (b) between 10 and 24 hours per week, (c) between 24 hours and 48 hours per week and (d) more than 48 hours per week in each financial year since 1997-98; and what proportion of GPs each figure represents.
This information is not collected centrally. However, the “Sixth National GP Work Life Survey Final Report” conducted by the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC) in June 2011 on working conditions and job satisfaction of general practitioners (GPs) remains the most up to date evidence in measuring GP working hours based on a sample of 3,000 general medical practitioners (in England).
This showed:
Average working hours were 41.4 hours per week, unchanged from the previous 2009 survey. There were also significantly fewer GPs undertaking out-of-hours work in 2010, declining from 32% to 21%.
A copy of the NPCRDC report has been placed in the Library.
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