Record numbers of GPs are working in some of England's most deprived communities after being given £20,000 'golden hellos' to tackle the under-doctoring of poorer areas. More than 500 trainee family doctors have begun working in places such as Hull, Blackpool and Cumbria since 2016 in a move NHS bosses hope will tackle health inequalities. The incentive helped persuade 265 doctors last year to start their career in areas that have struggled to recruit enough GPs. That is double the 133 of a year earlier and the 122 in 2016, the first year the payments were offered.
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Family doctors sign up to poorest areas after £20,000 incentives. BDJ Team 6, 6 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41407-019-0034-5
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