Almost one-third of GP training places remain vacant after the first round of recruitment, official figures today reveal.
The final figures after the first round of recruitment for August 2016 showed that 2,296 of places were filled across the UK – 70% of all places. This represents an increase of 152 filled places on the same stage of recruitment last year, when 69% of the training roles were filled.
Despite this increase, general practice has the second highest percentage of positions vacant, after psychiatry.
Full story in Pulse 31 March 2016