GPs recommending general practice as a career

There has been a continued upward trend in the proportion of GPs recommending general practice as a career to future doctors. This has increased from 44% in 2024 to 47% in 2025 (Figure 46). There has also been a commensurate decrease in the proportion of GPs who would not recommend general practice as a career, dropping from 39% in 2023 to 34% in 2025.

Proportion of GPs who would recommend the profession as a career — Measure: Proportion of GP responses to the question, ‘Would you recommend your junior colleagues (medical students, interns, pre-vocation trainees) choose general practice as a career?’
Sample: Practising GPs 2021 n=1386, 2022 n=3221, 2023 n=2050, 2024 n= 3006, 2025 n=2416
Source: The Navigators, RACGP Health of the Nation survey April/May 2025

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GPs recommending general practice as a career

Figure 46. Proportion of GPs who would recommend the profession as a career