General practitioner non‐principals benefit from flexible working

Abstract

This was the first time a study of all non-principals in Scotland had been attempted. The findings provide a more comprehensive picture of GPs in Scotland and provide valuable information for policymakers.

General practitioners’ preferences for the organisation of primary care: A discrete choice experiment

“…As in other studies [1,9], we find evidence of preference heterogeneity for different organisational characteristics, and there is evidence that different types of GPs attach different values to hours of work. Further, the finding that increased working hours generates disutility is in line with the earlier evidence of preferences for more flexible hours [12]. Moreover, our study provides evidence that the majority of GPs feel under time pressure and feel that they work too much.…”

“…In addition, a number of job satisfaction surveys have been conducted for GPs in the UK including some organisational characteristics such as working hours, physical working conditions, remuneration, etc. [12][13][14]. These studies found among other things that extended possibilities of flexible working hours would be valuable; that job and personal characteristics of the GPs have an effect on job satisfaction; and that the most frequent factors of job stress was increasing workload, paperwork and insufficient time to do justice to the job.…”

“…[1,9,12,14], interviews with GPs in Denmark and observational studies, it was hypothesised that preferences are heterogeneous with respect to number of GPs in general practice in that some GPs prefer to work alone and others enjoy collegial relations and discussions. This meant that it was difficult to hypothesise about the sign of the coefficients.…”

Factors associated with professional satisfaction in primary care: Results from EUprimecare project

“…Research has also shown the association of organizational characteristics of primary care with satisfaction of primary care providers [ 13 ]. A survey performed in England revealed that salaried physicians compared to self-employed GPs, experienced resentment due to difference in status, decision-making autonomy and type of work they performed in practice [ 14 ].…”

Professional quality of life and organizational changes: a five-year observational study in Primary Care

“…Working on shifts less adapted to family needs (with care-giving outside regular working hours or night shifts) is shown to be less desirable for the professional, as has been mentioned [2,29,30]. This is congruent with the fact that persons who live according to relationship models other than the stable couple have fewer adaptability problems and perceive better PQL.…”