Priorities for family physician and general practitioner recruitment and retention in Singapore: a PRIORITIZE study

Table 2 Top ten strategies to improve retention of general practitioners and family physicians in Singapore

Rank	GPs and FPs retention strategy	Category	Priority score
1	Increase GPs/FPs pay as an incentive to stay in the field	Improving working conditions	92
2	Increasing GPs/FPs recognition	Improving working conditions	90.5
3	Varying time commitment across the working day and week	New ways of working	87.4
4	Collaboration with colleagues from other specialties in managing complex patients	Collaboration	85.1
5	Establishing retainer schemes^a allowing for reduced working hours	Investment in retainer schemes	84.6
6	Reducing bureaucracy and practice administration work	Reducing other responsibilities	81.7
7	Enabling participation in part-time education posts or hospital attachment	New ways of working	81.1
8	Increasing job autonomy	New ways of working	80.1
9	Reducing management responsibilities	Reducing other responsibilities	78.2
10	Allowing for activities such as research and training in management skills	New ways of working	77.2

^a Retainer schemes were developed by the UK Department of Health to enable doctors who can only take on a limited amount of clinical work to stay in practice, retain their skills and progress their careers with a view to returning to NHS general practice

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