Table 5.

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.