Report reveals big rise in GPs' pay and shorter working hours

Report reveals big rise in GPs' pay and shorter working hours - Guardian

Extract:

"The NHS work of the average GP in England has been cut by about seven hours a week since the government introduced a new contract in 2004, official figures revealed yesterday.

The contract, which removed GPs responsibility for treating patients outside normal office hours, increased their earnings by 25% in the first year, raising the average for a dispensing partner in a GP practice to £117,000. Many doctors boosted earnings by selling out-of-hours services to their primary care trust that they used to provide for free.

A report from the government's information centre for health and social care showed the average GP worked 36.3 hours a week for the NHS in 2006-07, compared with 43.5 hours in 1992-93. The reduction was due to more part-time working and fewer out-of-hours responsibilities.

The latest figures showed only 62% of GP partners and 22% of salaried GPs work full-time."


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