BMJ  2005;331:965 (22 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7522.965-b

Letter

Do GPs deserve their pay rise?

What do GPs earn?

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EDITOR—Many people (non-general practitioners) must surely be asking, "So, how much do GPs earn?" when considering whether general practitioners deserve their recent pay rise.1

The answer is quite a lot. Full time general practitioner principals in well organised practices would be disappointed to earn less than £100 000 a year for 2004-5. The range can be considerable, given the differing circumstances in which doctors work; for full time principals it is £80 000-£120 000. For 2006-7 the quality points will be worth on average (depending on practice size) £120 per point, compared with £70 this year.

Don't forget, general practitioners have dropped the 24 hour responsibility and so are now working something in the region of a 45-55 hour week.

Denis Colligan, general practitioner

Whitley Road Medical Centre, Collyhurst, Manchester M40 7QH deniscolligan@nhs.net

Competing interests: None declared.

  1. Timmins N. Do GPs deserve their recent pay rise? BMJ 2005;331: 800. (8 October.)[Free Full Text]

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