On #BBCQT, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey mentioned his party’s manifesto pledge to “recruit 8,000 more GPs”.
The manifesto didn’t say if those GPs would be fully qualified, however.
This is important because GP workforce stats can paint a very different picture depending on whether you count trainees.
The party has now told us that “at least 7,000” of the extra GPs would be fully qualified. #BBCQT #GE24 https://buff.ly/3zbXnpc
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