With the 15% drop in applications in 2014 the GP recruitment crisis reaches new levels. But could locum insurance be a key to recruitment?

So your practice partners are already working beyond capacity. One of them drops out, but attracting a new GP proves difficult. Could a practice-wide locum policy be the key to attracting the right person?

Finding the right GP for your practice has become harder than ever– just at a time when you’re more likely to need one. The GP Recruitment Office recently confirmed that GP applications in 2014 are down 15% from 2013 ? stymieing the Government’s hope to attract the much needed 3,250 more GPs a year by 2015. Compounding the problem, a new study by the BMA has revealed that six out of ten GPs are considering early retirement due to ‘unsustainable workloads’ and the danger of ‘burnout’.