Behind the campaign promises - GP numbers, and appointment slots The BMJ Podcast

A UK general election has been called - polling day is on the 12th of December, and from now until then we’re going to be bringing you a weekly election-themed podcast.

We want to help you make sense of the promises and pledges, claims and counter-claims, that are being made around healthcare and the NHS out on the campaign trail.

This week has seen pledges about GP numbers, so we're focussing on primary care - and are joined by two GPs, Clare Gerada, co chair of the NHS Assembly, and former chair of the Royal College of GPs, and Rebecca Rosen, who is also a senior fellow at the Nuffield Trust.

Reading list:
Health, wellbeing, and care should be top of everyone’s political agenda
https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6503

Labour pledges to outspend Conservatives on health with £26bn NHS “rescue plan”
https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6537

Tories promise 6000 extra GPs by 2024
https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6463

Is the number of GPs falling across the UK?
https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/is-the-number-of-gps-falling-across-the-uk