general practitioner
General practitioners promote health, prevent, identify ill health, diagnose and treat diseases and promote recovery of physical and mental illness and health disorders of all kinds for all persons regardless of their age, sex or type of health problem.
general practitioner general practitioners promote health, prevent, identify ill health, diagnose and treat diseases and promote recovery of physical and mental illness and health disorders of all kinds for all persons regardless of their age, sex or type of health problem. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include manage research data, assess physical conditions of clients, interact professionally in research and professional environments, operate open source software, provide healthcare services to patients in general medical practice.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £55,494 a year for Generalist medical practitioners (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £43,727 to £68,946 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2211). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only general practitioner, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Medicine and Dentistry
- English Language
- Therapy and Counseling
- Psychology
- Biology
- Customer and Personal Service
- Computers and Electronics
- Mathematics
What you'd actually do
- Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
- Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
- Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
- Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does general practitioner do?
General practitioners promote health, prevent, identify ill health, diagnose and treat diseases and promote recovery of physical and mental illness and health disorders of all kinds for all persons regardless of their age, sex or type of health problem.
What skills does general practitioner need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include manage research data, assess physical conditions of clients, interact professionally in research and professional environments, operate open source software, provide healthcare services to patients in general medical practice, monitor children's physical development. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace general practitioner?
Our AI-durability model gives general practitioner a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.