It is a contractual requirement for all GP practices to publish their mean average earnings.
Practices must:
- Publish details on their website
- If asked for this, have the information available in paper copy or be able to show the patient where this information is posted on the website
The calculation excludes certain types of income and the rules are complex and open to interpretation.
- Full time GPs are defined in the guidance as working eight sessions or more.
- The number of GPs includes salaried GPs who worked full or part time for six months or more.
The required disclosure for the practice is shown below in bold text. However it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparison with any other practice.
All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.
The average pay for GPs working in The Project Surgery in the 2019/2020 financial year was £47,516 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 1 full time GP and 3 part time GPs who worked in the practice for more than six months.
Calculated figures are as follows:
Income after removal of excluded items per guidance notes – £633,088
Expenditure after removal of excluded items per guidance notes – £311,419
Net earnings for reporting purposes – £281,228
Total number of GPs party to contract for at least six months in 2019/20 * – 4
Re portable net earnings per GP – £70,307