There are 121 new training places in NI but only 99 junior doctors will start the course next week.
New GPs are badly needed as several Northern Ireland surgeries are in crisis due to staff shortagesAlmost 20% of Northern Ireland's GP training places are yet to be filled, just days before the new academic year is due to begin.
"New GPs are coming through but this number is not keeping up with the number of older GPs we are losing to retirement and burnout," said Dr Frances O'Hagan, deputy chair of BMA's Northern Ireland GP committee.Getting to know patients "Discharge letters always end with the phrase that they are 'discharged back to the care of their GP' and it is attractive to be that coordinating person who gets to know a family," he said.
"It's important to recognise that even though a GP surgery is only open between the hours of maybe 8am and 6pm the job goes far beyond that. Pressure on GPs surgeries and the health service in general has been unrelenting the system tries to deal with the backlog of postponed appointments that built up during Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns., with many doctors complaining that it had become impossible to staff and manage the service.
Dr Neill said he understood the appeal of that, because pay and conditions for junior doctors are often better abroad than at home, but he added that it was not all about money.
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