Share of general practitioners (GPs) who found it difficult to gain visa sponsorship to work in the UK as of 2024

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Release date

October 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

May 13 to June 10, 2024

Number of respondents

2,190 respondents

Method of interview

Email survey

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Original question: “How difficult did you find it to gain sponsorship to work in general practice?”

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Difficulty in gaining GP visa sponsorship in the UK 2024

Published by Jenny Yang, Mar 13, 2026

In 2024, of the *** in *** general practitioner (GP) in the UK who needed a GP visa sponsorship (currently or previously), over a third said the process was difficult to very difficult. This was mostly because they could not find a practice that had a visa sponsorship license with a vacancy.

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