Dr. M. S. Millerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will identify the nature and the amount of each constituent element of the NHS income of a principal in general medical practice in the United Kingdom.
§ Dr. OwenI regret that United Kingdom figures are not available. The following figures are for Great Britain and show the average amounts per principal for each type of payment in respect of general medical services for 1975–76. They are based on estimates; for purposes of comparison the figures are given to two decimal places, but accuracy to this degree is not warranted.
practice in England and Wales in the latest financial year; and how it compared with the income in each of the years since 1948.
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§ Dr. OwenI regret that England and Wales figures are not available for recent years and that in the following tables different bases have had to be used for different periods. The figures are as follows:
(a) Average gross National Health Service income in Great Britain of a principal in general practice in respect of general medical services based on the estimated total cost in a full year at the rates of pay ruling in the year concerned divided by the estimated average number o principals:
Year £ 1975–76 … … … … 14,590 1974–75 … … … … 10,990 1973–74 … … … … 9,700 1972–73 … … … … 9,010 1971–72 … … … … 8,420 (b) Average gross National Health Service income—excluding payments for dispensing—in England and Wales of a principal in general practice in respect of general medical services based on actual payments made to principals divided by the average number of principals in each year:
Year £ 1973-74 … … … … 9,050 1972–73 … … … … 8,470 1971–72 … … … … 7,970 1970–71 … … … … 7,450 1969–70 … … … … 6,100 1968–69 … … … … 5,730 1967–68 … … … … 5,440 1966–67 … … … … 4,640 1965–66 … … … … 4,280 1964–65 … … … … 3,840 1963–64 … … … … 3,770 1962–63 … … … … 3,580 1961–62 … … … … 3,550 1960–61 … … … … 4,230* 1959–60 … … … … 3,200 1958–59 … … … … 3,210 1957–58 … … … … 3,070 1956–57 … … … … 2,900 1955–56 … … … … 2,770 1954–55 … … … … 2,690 1953–54 … … … … 2,710 1952–53 … … … … 4,160* 1951–52 … … … … 2,350 1950–51 … … … … 2,380 1949–50 … … … … 2,390 1948–49 … … … … 1,690 * The amounts include some payments for services given in earlier years: the asterisked years include substantial arrears.