Table 3 GP demographics in 2021 under each intervention
From: General practitioner workforce planning: assessment of four policy directions
Intervention model | Workforce demographics in 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Mean age | GPs over 60 (%) | Female GPs (%) | |
Continue current method of GP recruitment | 44.2 | 8.3 | 61.9 | |
Increase training places by 20% in 2011 | 43.7 | 7.8 | 62.3 | |
Import GPs from abroad | (average 10 per annum) | 44.1 | 8.0 | 59.5 |
| Â | (average 20 per annum) | 44.1 | 7.7 | 57.6 |
Late retirement | (average extra 1 year) | 44.6 | 9.9 | 61.2 |
| Â | (average extra 2 years) | 45.0 | 11.6 | 61.0 |
Nurse substitution (average 50 nurses per annum) | (nurse equivalent to 0.25 GPs) | 43.9 | 6.8 | 66.8 |
| Â | (nurse equivalent to 0.50 GPs) | 43.9 | 6.9 | 66.8 |