Latest figures from the Department of Health show GP numbers increased by 170 between September 2001 and April 2002 to a total of 30,860. The NHS Plan, published in July 2000, promised 2,000 extra GPs by 2004. In April 2002, this was updated to 15,000 extra doctors by 2008, although ministers did not specify how many of these would be GPs. Which of the following statements is not true, based on this information?