Mike on Nostr: More GPs is a great ambition, but how long does it take to recruit & train a GP? ...
More GPs is a great ambition, but how long does it take to recruit & train a GP? (Rhetorical - I don't know but I'd guess at least 6 years).
More specialist nurses in GP practices? Certainly, but again nurse training is slow and recruitment isn't easy - retention is worse.
Other professions (therapists, scientists, pharmacists etc) have similar career & training constraints as the nursing profession.
Putting more doctors, nurses & other professionals in primary care is essential but how much pilfering of staff from other (acute) services can be safely managed before those services start failing.
It /can/ be done, you are right, but it won't be quick, easy or cheap - it's a case of rebuilding the staff base, having a robust decades long plan, and channelling billions of ££ carefully into the right corners.
More specialist nurses in GP practices? Certainly, but again nurse training is slow and recruitment isn't easy - retention is worse.
Other professions (therapists, scientists, pharmacists etc) have similar career & training constraints as the nursing profession.
Putting more doctors, nurses & other professionals in primary care is essential but how much pilfering of staff from other (acute) services can be safely managed before those services start failing.
It /can/ be done, you are right, but it won't be quick, easy or cheap - it's a case of rebuilding the staff base, having a robust decades long plan, and channelling billions of ££ carefully into the right corners.