Will the Minister provide the number of Welsh-speaking GPs who have left the Welsh NHS for each of the last 5 years?
Answered by Minister for Health and Social Services | Answered on 19/12/2023
Reference period |
Number of Welsh speaking leavers |
Percentage of all fully qualified permanent GPs that are Welsh speaking |
30 June 2020 |
13 |
13.1% |
30 June 2021 |
22 |
15.7% |
30 June 2022 |
11 |
15.9% |
Notes:
- Source: Wales National Workforce Reporting System (WNWRS)
- WNWRS data available from 2020
- Fully qualified permanent GPs: partners, salaried GPs, and retainers
- A Welsh speaker is where a person has at least entry level Welsh speaking ability, i.e. a person who has either entry, foundation, intermediate, higher, or proficiency Welsh language
- Staff with missing Welsh speaking data are excluded from the denominator in the percentage calculation.