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Table 3 Percentage of EEA and elsewhere qualified GPs at the Clinical Commissioning Group level, top and bottom 10

From: The potential impact of Brexit and immigration policies on the GP workforce in England: a cross-sectional observational study of GP qualification region and the characteristics of the areas and population they served in September 2016

NHS England region

NHS CCGa name

Count of all patients

Cumulative FTE of GPs

FTE % of EEA or else qualified

Mean age, all GPs (FTE weighted)

Mean age, EEA or else qualified GPs (FTE weighted)

Count of GPs aged 55 or over (FTE weighted)

% of EEA or else qualified GPs in those aged 55 or over

Top 10 CCGs in terms of EEA and elsewhere qualified GP recruitment

 Midlands and East (East)

Thurrock

172,877

59.1

66.5

51.3

52.8

22.3

71.6

 South (South East)

Medway

296,380

107.3

63.1

49.9

53.2

36.6

76.0

 London

Barking and Dagenham

218,410

58.7

59.2

50.0

53.1

21.5

71.8

 Midlands and East (North Midlands)

Cannock Chase

132,047

52.3

56.1

47.9

50.0

11.6

66.4

 North (Yorkshire and Humber)

North Lincolnshire

172,373

83.9

55.6

47.1

48.2

21.7

41.2

 North (Yorkshire and Humber)

North East Lincolnshire

168,984

62.9

55.1

47.7

49.4

15.3

72.6

 Midlands and East (East)

Southend

186,472

85.8

52.9

50.4

52.4

33.0

55.0

 South (South Central)

South Reading

142,173

42.3

52.7

48.0

49.2

10.4

65.9

 South (South East)

Swale

111,294

41.9

52.4

49.8

55.4

11.8

90.6

 South (South East)

Thanet

143,947

69.6

52.3

49.2

48.0

20.4

41.4

Bottom 10 CCGs in terms of EEA and elsewhere qualified GP recruitment

 North (Cheshire and Merseyside)

Eastern Cheshire

207,052

114.7

6.0

44.0

44.0

13.9

0.0

 North (Yorkshire and Humber)

Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven

158,536

82.4

5.9

43.1

42.0

10.3

4.3

 North (Yorkshire and Humber)

Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby

143,673

97.5

5.6

42.2

44.8

15.7

0.0

 North (Yorkshire and Humber)

Harrogate and Rural District

161,837

95.2

4.8

41.9

42.3

9.3

0.0

 North (Greater Manchester)

South Manchester

174,673

75.2

4.5

44.7

46.2

24.3

5.7

 South (Wessex)

West Hampshire

556,435

316.5

4.3

42.9

43.6

52.1

3.6

 South (South Central)

North and West Reading

110,362

32.4

3.9

47.0

48.0

5.5

0.0

 North (Cumbria and North East)

Northumberland

323,273

195.5

3.2

44.8

44.5

30.2

0.0

 South (Wessex)

South Eastern Hampshire

213,394

93.1

2.5

44.8

50.5

18.6

8.2

 North (Yorkshire and Humber)

Vale of York

348,737

156.9

2.5

44.1

45.4

21.9

0.0

  1. aClinical Commissioning Group, a middle level NHS organisation
  2. Data in italics is the column of primary interest