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Understanding why primary care doctors leave direct patient care: a systematic review of qualitative research

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Background
UK general practitioners (GPs) are leaving direct patient care in significant numbers. We undertook a systematic review of qualitative research to identify factors affecting GPs’ leaving behaviour in the workforce as part of a wider mixed methods study (ReGROUP).

Conclusions
Many GPs report that job satisfaction directly relates to the quality of the doctor–patient relationship. Combined with changing relationships with patients and interfaces with secondary care, and the gradual sense of loss of autonomy within the workplace, many GPs report a reduction in job satisfaction. Once job satisfaction has become negatively impacted, the combined pressure of increased patient demand and workload, together with other stress factors, has left many feeling unsupported and vulnerable to burn-out and ill health, and ultimately to the decision to leave general practice.

This article is Open Access.

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Published: 2020

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Contributed by: WE-R NHS (Workforce and Education Research NHS)
Authored by: Linda Long
Darren Moore
Sophie Robinson
Anna Sansom
Alex Aylward
Emily Fletcher
Jo Welsman
Sarah Gerard Dean
John L Campbell
Rob Anderson
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First contributed: 01 August 2023
Audience access level: Full user

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