Emma Bower

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1,286 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 14 Aug

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Talking General Practice · How we can keep experienced GPs working in the NHS · 5 Jun 2026 podcast

I mean, obviously what that means is that they're potentially cutting back on sessions in frontline general practice. voice-verified

But that obviously has a wider impact, doesn't it, in terms of loss of experienced GP hours on the frontline. voice-verified

We are losing GP time, even from those who remain in general practice. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Did you look at the difference between partners and non partners? voice-verified

Did you find like GPs stepping back from partnership roles? voice-verified

Because obviously that's something that is kind of reflected in the workforce data that the number of GPs who are partners is falling quite rapidly. voice-verified

And, you know, what are the implications of that? voice-verified

that's the thing that kind of comes through from lots of people I hear talking about partnership. voice-verified

You kind of mentioned some of the things that uh could keep GPs in the workforce and one of the things that you sort of touched on there is it is that GPs who stay often have clear workload boundaries. voice-verified

So what do those boundaries look like in practice? voice-verified

Did you find that that places that had followed those BMA workload limits were people finding general practice more sustainable as a career when they had followed those? voice-verified

most governments sort of pull away from that because they think it's going to impact on access of all things, you know, they think it's going to restrict access. voice-verified

But obviously if things like that help keep GPs in the workforce for longer, that's probably a benefit for everybody. voice-verified

So would you say that policymakers should be thinking more about these sorts of issues, like how to voice-verified

limit workload in general practice and how to help cut the number of consultations GPs have to do. voice-verified

This study's come out at a time when the workforce is actually growing overall. voice-verified

So I suppose there's a danger there, isn't it, that governments could look at that and think, Oh, it's it's all okay, the number of GPs are going up and not pay attention to this kind of retention crisis with older, more experienced GPs. voice-verified

Why is it important that they look at that and they pay attention to this particular cohort of doctors? voice-verified

That's a really good point, isn't it? voice-verified

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