Journal article
Working lives of GPs in Scotland and England: cross-sectional analysis of national surveys
Helen Hayes, Jonathan Gibson, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Kath Checkland, Bruce Guthrie, Matt Sutton, John Gillies, Stewart W Mercer
BMJ Open | BMJ Journals | Published : 2020
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The UK faces major problems in retaining general practitioners (GPs). Scotland introduced a new GP contract in April 2018, intended to better support GPs. This study compares the career intentions and working lives of GPs in Scotland with GPs in England, shortly after the new Scotland contract was introduced. DESIGN AND SETTING: Comparison of cross-sectional analysis of survey responses of GPs in England and Scotland in 2017 and 2018, respectively, using linear regression to adjust the differences for gender, age, ethnicity, urbanicity and deprivation. PARTICIPANTS: 2048 GPs in Scotland and 879 GPs in England. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Four intentions to reduce work participation (5..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The GP Worklife Survey in England is commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care and carried out by the Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Systems and Commissioning (PRUComm). PRUComm is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Policy Research Programme (Ref: PR-PRU1217-20801). The GP Worklife Survey in Scotland was funded internally by the Scottish School of Primary Care.