Males are more likely to be practice owners than females (34% compared to 17%), and GPs aged over 45 are more likely to be practice owners than younger GPs.
Practice owners are more likely to work more than 40 hours per week (60%) than non-practice owners (29%). They are also more likely to express dissatisfaction with their work hours, the amount of administration associated with their work, and their work–life balance.
Among non-practice owners, interest in owning a general practice in the future remained relatively steady at 10% between 2023 and 2024. Concerningly this figure has more than halved since 2018, when interest in owning a general practice was 25% (Figure 36). GPs in training expressed the greatest interest in future practice ownership, with 29% of this group indicating they were interested in owning a practice in the future.