GP trainee recruitment improving but parts of England continue to struggle

GP trainee recruitment improving but parts of England continue to struggle Nationally, the number of GP trainee posts filled after the first recruitment round for 2016 surpassed the total number filled in 2015, according to data published earlier this year.

But with one recruitment round now remaining for 2016, wide variations in uptake of GP training posts between English regions have continued.

Many areas have already recruited numbers of GP trainees close to or greater than their total for 2016, interim data suggest.

In London, 99% of GP trainee posts have been filled and in Thames Valley no vacancies remain - matching their uptake for 2015. The East Midlands, which was left with nearly a third of its available GP training posts vacant after recruitment finished last year, has seen a sharp turnaround in 2016 with 87% of posts now filled. GP Online