GPs’ income has fallen 16% in real terms since 2004-05

The income of GPs in the United Kingdom has fallen 16% in real terms since the new General Medical Services (GMS) contract was introduced in 2004-05, official figures show.

Analysis by the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre shows that in 2011-12 the average income of contractor GPs before tax was £103 000 (€122 000; $165 000), a drop of 1.1 % on 2010-11.1 In real terms, GPs’ income fell 2.1% a year on average from 2004-05 to 2011-12.

GPs’ average income before tax in 2004-05 was £100 170. In real terms, this would be equivalent to a …