Just 1 in 4 UK GPs are satisfied with the time they can give to patients. Appointment times are among the shortest of eleven high-income countries surveyed by the Health Foundation, painting a picture of high stress and low job satisfaction among the 1,000 GPs who were polled. Only France has lower levels of overall satisfaction with practising medicine, and only Sweden reported higher levels of stress. 60% find their job 'extremely' or 'very' stressful, and 49% plan to reduce their weekly hours in the next three years. They also reported significantly shorter appointment lengths than their international colleagues (11 minutes, compared with a 19-minute average in other countries). Despite a 2015 target for 5,000 additional GPs by 2020, the number of qualified permanent full-time GPs in the UK has fallen.