abstract: 'Background Recent national policy changes have provided greater

  flexibility in GPs'' contracts. One such policy is salaried employment,

  which offers reduced hours and freedom from out-of-hours and

  administrative responsibilities, aimed at improving recruitment and

  retention in a labour market facing regional shortages.

  Aim

  To profile salaried GPs and assess their mobility within the labour

  market.

  Design of study

  Serial cross-sectional study.

  Setting

  All GPs practising in England during the years 1996/1997, 2000/2001, and

  2004/2005.

  Method

  Descriptive analyses, logistic regression.

  Results

  Salaried GPs tended to be either younger (<35 years) or older ( >= 65

  years), female, or overseas-qualified; they favoured part-time working

  and personal medical services contracts. Salaried GPs were more mobile

  than GP principals, and have become increasingly so, despite a trend

  towards reduced overall mobility in the GP workforce. Practices with

  salaried GPs scored more Quality and Outcomes Framework points and were

  located in slightly more affluent areas.

  Conclusion

  Salaried status appears to have reduced limitations in the labour

  market, leading to better workforce deployment from a GP''s perspective.

  However, there is no evidence to suggest it has relieved inequalities in

  GP distribution.'
affiliation: 'Hann, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Manchester, NPCRDC, 5th Floor,Williamson
  Bldg,Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England.

  Hann, Mark; Sibbald, Bonnie, Univ Manchester, NPCRDC, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs,
  England.

  Ding, Alexander, Univ Calif San Francisco, Sch Med, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA.'
author: Ding, Alexander and Hann, Mark and Sibbald, Bonnie
author-email: mark.hann@manchester.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Ding
  given: Alexander
- family: Hann
  given: Mark
- family: Sibbald
  given: Bonnie
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3399/bjgp08X263776
files: []
issn: 0960-1643
journal: BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
keywords: 'career mobility; England; general practitioners; health manpower;

  primary health care'
keywords-plus: RECRUITMENT; UK
language: English
month: JAN
number: '546'
number-of-cited-references: '9'
pages: 20-25
papis_id: 4079c70ce96b79b509eb682c67d5b10a
ref: Ding2008profileenglish
researcherid-numbers: Ding, Alexander/ABB-9950-2021
times-cited: '15'
title: 'Profile of English salaried GPs: labour mobility and practice performance'
type: article
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volume: '58'
web-of-science-categories: Primary Health Care; Medicine, General \& Internal
year: '2008'