Claim: There are almost 5,000 fewer fully qualified GPs today than a decade ago.
Fact-check: Wes Streeting column claiming 5,000 drop in GPs over last decade amended - Full Fact
Verdict: it is not clear what data mr streeting used to calculate this drop. but nhs england says that its general practice workforce data pre-september 2015 is not comparable to the currently published figures. while we have not received any response from the labour party the article by mr streeting has since been amended.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joe Gammie
Date published: 2023-09-05T00:00:00