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General Practitioners: Pay

Volume 471: debated on Tuesday 29 January 2008

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Mr. Bruce George

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average NHS pay of a (a) GP and (b) GP with special interest in dermatology in each year since 1997. (181290)

Ann Keen

Estimates of general practitioner (GP) pay used by the Department are set out in the following table:

Estimated GP net income 1997-98 to 2005-06 (including real terms):

Average net income of principal GMS GPs (NHS income only), GB, 1997-98 to 2002-03—Intended average net income

Amount (£)

Increase over previous year (Percentage)

Percentage

Average income—real terms (£)

Increase over previous (Percentage)

Real terms growth (Percentage)

1996-97

44,483

—

—

58,820

—

—

1997-98

46,031

3.5

—

59,134

0.5

0

1998-99

48,037

4.4

—

60,189

1.8

2

1999-2000

52,606

9.5

—

64,608

7.3

9

2000-01

54,219

3.1

—

65,657

1.6

11

2001-02

56,510

4.2

—

66,834

1.8

13

2002-03

61,618

9.0

34

70,663

5.7

19

2002-031

64,443

—

—

73,903

10.6

25

1 Represents GMS & PMS income.

Break in series

Estimated average net income for principal GPMS GPs, UK, 2003-04 to 2005-06 (all income sources )

Amount (£)

Increase over previous year (Percentage)

Percentage

Income—real terms (2007-08) (£)

Over previous year (Percentage)

Real terms growth (Percentage)

2003-04

81,566

—

—

90,903

—

—

2004-05

100,170

22.8

—

108,639

19.5

20

2005-06

110,004

9.8

35

116,839

7.5

29

Note: Figures have been converted into real terms using 2007-08 GDP deflators (as at December 2007). Source: The Information Centre for Health and Social Care.

The Department does not hold information on the pay of GPs with a Special Interest (GPwSIs). There are no national remuneration rates for GPwSI services, as each service will differ depending on local circumstances.