Factors that would encourage doctors to stay working in medicine for longer, by specialty
| Factor encouraging doctors to stay | Hospital medical specialties (n=174) | Surgery (n=143) | General practice (n=384) | Total (n=701) |
| % | % | % | % | |
| Reduced impact of work-related bureaucracy | 44.3 | 46.2 | 51.8 | 47.3 |
| Workload reduction/shorter hours | 44.3 | 42.7 | 41.9 | 43.5 |
| Financial incentivisation | 27.6 | 32.9 | 24.5 | 28.2 |
| Reduction of on-call or emergency commitments* | 25.3 | 32.9 | 15.1 | 24.7 |
| None of these | 19.5 | 18.9 | 25.5 | 23.2 |
| Improved working conditions, other than (or as well as) hours | 19.5 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 20.2 |
| Career change and development opportunities | 10.3 | 12.6 | 9.6 | 11.2 |
| Other | 10.3 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 9.2 |
| More involvement in direct patient care | 3.4 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 7.7 |
| Less involvement in direct patient care | 8.6 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 5.6 |
Table shows specialties with over 100 respondents.
For numbers corresponding to percentages, and numbers for small number specialties, see online supplementary appendix 2.
Significantly high or low percentages are indicated in boldface.
*Specialty comparisons on each row of the table (χ2 3 tests): p<0.001.