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In 2025, roughly *** thousand doctors were registered in the United Kingdom. The age group with the highest number of doctors is among 30 to 34 years with nearly ** thousand professionals, followed those aged 35 to 39 years. There were **** thousand doctors aged over 70 years in the UK still registered. 

Gender distribution of UK doctors

In total, there are **** male doctors than female doctors registered in the UK. However, there are differences by age group. The majority of younger doctors are female. In fact, there is a clear divide, in 2025, there were more male doctors in all age groups over ** years, while in all age groups younger than ** years, female doctors outweighed males. The gender distribution also varies depending on the specialty of the doctor.

General Practice

Of the *** thousand doctors registered in the United Kingdom in 2024, around **** thousand were registered as general practitioners. In the last ten years, the ratio of patients per GP practice has been increasing, indicating a stretch on the health service. In 2016, there were, approximately *** thousand patients to each GP practice in England, by 2024 this figure had climbed to over ** thousand.