National Assembly for Wales

The number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined the workforce every June since 2020 is shown in tables 1 to 8 for Wales and each health board.

Fully qualified permanent GPs include GP partners, salaried GPs and GP retainers. It does not include locums or registrars.

A leaver is defined as being in contract at 30 June in the reference year but not 30 June of the next year.

A joiner is defined as in contract at 30 June in the reference year but not at 30 June of the previous year.

Data from the Wales National Workforce Reporting System is only available from 2020, therefore consistent data is only available for 4 years.

 

Table 1:  Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Wales

Reference period	Joiners	Leavers	Headcount	% that were joiners	% that were leavers
30-Jun-20		134	1,960		6.8%
30-Jun-21	204	181	2,030	10.0%	8.9%
30-Jun-22	161	175	2,010	8.0%	8.7%
30-Jun-23	187		2,022	9.2%

 

Table 2:  Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Betsi Cadwaladr

Reference period	Joiners	Leavers	Headcount	% that were joiners	% that were leavers
30-Jun-20		37	408		9.1%
30-Jun-21	37	37	407	9.1%	9.1%
30-Jun-22	40	30	410	9.8%	7.3%
30-Jun-23	36		414	8.7%

 

Table 3:  Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Hywel Dda

Reference period	Joiners	Leavers	Headcount	% that were joiners	% that were leavers
30-Jun-20		8	220		3.6%
30-Jun-21	15	16	227	6.6%	7.0%
30-Jun-22	22	18	233	9.4%	7.7%
30-Jun-23	20		240	8.3%

 

Table 4:  Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Swansea Bay

Reference period	Joiners	Leavers	Headcount	% that were joiners	% that were leavers
30-Jun-20		14	256		5.5%
30-Jun-21	29	21	273	10.6%	7.7%
30-Jun-22	17	27	267	6.4%	10.1%
30-Jun-23	18		255	7.1%

 

Table 5:  Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Cardiff & Vale

Reference period	Joiners	Leavers	Headcount	% that were joiners	% that were leavers
30-Jun-20		27	336		8.0%
30-Jun-21	39	37	349	11.2%	10.6%
30-Jun-22	28	30	347	8.1%	8.6%
30-Jun-23	41		354	11.6%

 

Table 6:  Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Cwm Taf Morgannwg

Reference period	Joiners	Leavers	Headcount	% that were joiners	% that were leavers
30-Jun-20		21	294		7.1%
30-Jun-21	28	25	301	9.3%	8.3%
30-Jun-22	25	19	301	8.3%	6.3%
30-Jun-23	29		307	9.4%

 

Table 7:  Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Aneurin Bevan

Reference period	Joiners	Leavers	Headcount	% that were joiners	% that were leavers
30-Jun-20		24	363		6.6%
30-Jun-21	49	34	389	12.6%	8.7%
30-Jun-22	22	44	371	5.9%	11.9%
30-Jun-23	36		369	9.8%

 

Table 8:  Number of fully qualified permanent GPs who left or joined between 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2023, Powys

Reference period	Joiners	Leavers	Headcount	% that were joiners	% that were leavers
30-Jun-20		5	100		5.0%
30-Jun-21	9	13	103	8.7%	12.6%
30-Jun-22	7	8	98	7.1%	8.2%
30-Jun-23	10		100	10.0%

Source: Wales National Workforce Reporting System

Note 1: As the same GP could be in contract with practices in more than one health board, the Wales number will not necessarily equal the sum of the health board numbers.

Note 2: The leaving statistics reflect those GPs leaving or joining general practice at the Wales level, therefore if a GP moved between health boards they would not count as a joiner or leaver in either health board.