Medical Schools across the UK face well recognised challenges recruiting sufficient General Practice placements for their students[1-3]. Given the planned expansion in medical school places outlined in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, Medical Schools must understand the factors that influence a practice’s decision to engage with undergraduate placements. An electronic survey of General Practices across England was undertaken to identify these factors, with 242 responses collected. Thematic Analysis of the free text data found that GP workload and pressure on estates remain the biggest challenges to hosting medical students. Financial renumeration was cited as both a positive and negative incentive for providing placements, suggesting that the introduction of the national funding tariff in 2022 has addressed the disparity between funding received by practices. This adds weight to the argument that addressing the underfunding of medical student teaching in General Practice is essential to positively impact placement availability. 
Lack of support from medical schools, burdensome placement requirements and unprofessional student attitudes and behaviours were cited as a negative influence upon their decision to host medical students on placement. By brokering expectations regarding professional behaviours while on placement between medical students and practicing clinicians and by ensuring curriculum design is not unduly burdensome or restrictive, medical schools may be able to improve their placement capacity within General Practice.