The General Medical Council has published its workforce report 2022.

Barriers preventing thousands of doctors from being deployed to meet areas of high demand must be removed if NHS challenges are to be addressed, the General Medical Council (GMC) has warned.

The regulator is calling for a relaxation of rules so the fastest growing part of the medical workforce – skilled doctors in non-training roles – can undertake a wider range of work, such as in primary care.

According to the GMC’s workforce report 2022, the number of doctors in those roles is growing at six times the rate of GPs. By 2030 they could be the largest group in the medical workforce. However, existing rules restrict the roles those doctors can fulfil.

You can read the full report on the GMC’s website (this link will take you away from our website).

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