Government will hit 'difficult' 5,000-GP recruitment target, pledges health secretary

Health secretary Matt Hancock has pledged the government will meet its target of recruiting an extra 5,000 GPs by 2020/21, despite admitting the goal was proving 'difficult, to say the least'.

by Nick Bostock

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