GPs practicing in Jersey (FOI)GPs practicing in Jersey (FOI)
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12 October 2021.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
Could I request the following information please:
A
How many GPs are currently practicing in Jersey?
B
How many doctors are employed by HCS (broken down by Consultant, Non- consultant career grade, Trainee / Junior Doctor)?
C
How many doctors not in A or B above are practicing in Jersey (eg solely in private practice, or working in the third sector, for example the Hospice)?
Response
A
As at 24 September 2021, there are 118 GPs approved on The Performers List. 103 of these are currently practising within general practice.
With regards to the 15 GPs approved on the performers list but who are not currently practising within general practice, this may be because they are working in more specialist roles such as sports medicine, have recently retired or are currently seeking employment within general practice. Further information on the duration of inclusion on the performers list can be found in the Health Insurance (Performers List for General Medical Practitioners) (Jersey) Regulations 2014.
Health Insurance (Performers List for General Medical Practitioners) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 (jerseylaw.je)
B
There are a total of 179, comprising:
C
The information requested is not held by the Government of Jersey. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
Article applied
Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”
For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –
(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or
(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.
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