article_snippet.sent: Foreign GPs now account for 11 per cent of family doctors, new figure show .
article_snippet.sent: The number of GPs from abroad is up by 11 per cent in a decade as NHS NHS tries to combat a shortage of staff.
article_snippet.sent: Foreigners now account for almost one family doctor in five although in some areas the proportion is more than two-thirds.
article_snippet.sent: Senior doctors say The number of GPs from abroad will rise further over the next few years because NHS NHS is so short of homegrown medics.
article_snippet.sent: Figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre show that 22.0 per cent of current GPs gained Figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre qualifications overseas, up from 19.8 per cent in 2004 .
article_snippet.sent: NHS employs 40,584 GPs, of whom 8,941 are from overseas.
article_snippet.sent: This is up from 6,921 in 2004 when there were 34,855 family doctors in total.
article_snippet.sent: The figures do not state where the foreign GPs trained but separate data from the General Medical Council shows many are from India, Pakistan, South Africa and Nigeria.
highlights_snippet.sent: Foreign GPs now account for 1 in 5 family doctors, new NHS figures show .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Number will continue to rise due to shortage of home-grown GPs .