GP job dissatisfaction and stress at highest levels for a decade – survey

Survey finds more than a third of GPs expect to quit in five years, providing evidence to back up BMA’s warnings of crisis

Stress and job dissatisfaction among English GPs are at their highest levels for over a decade, with more than a third expecting to quit the profession within the next five years, a report has found.

The findings, from the University of Manchester’s eighth National GP Worklife Survey, are the latest evidence of low morale among family doctors, who are being asked to extend opening hours at the same time as there is a serious shortage of GPs.