HC Deb 03 August 1976 vol 916 c723W
Dr. M. S. Miller

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the gross National Health Service income of the average principal in general medical practice in Scotland in the latest financial year; and how it compares with the income in each of the years since 1948.

Mr. Harry Ewing

Average gross annual payments to principals in general practice in respect of general medical services in the years specified are as noted below. Figures for the part-year 1948–49 are not available. Further sums would accrue to general practitioners holding part-time hospital appointments or undertaking other National Health Service work, but information about such additional payments over the years could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Average per doctor
£
1949–50 2,100
1950–51 2,123
1951–52 2,132
1952–53 3,662
1953–54 2,475
1954–55 2,481
1955–56 2,568
1956–57 2,672
1957–58 2,834
1958–59 2,946
1959–60 2,942
1960–61 4,121
1961–62 3,261
1962–63 3,257
1963–64 3,439
1964–65 3,477
1965–66 3,856
1966–67 4,196
1967–68 4,784
1968–69 5,067
1969–70 5,372
1970–71 6,600
1971–72 7,040
1972–73 7,509
1973–74 8,023
1974–75 8,962

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