HC Deb 15 April 1993 vol 222 cc681-2W
Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much and on what basis general practitioners are paid per head in Wales.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The independent Doctors and Dentists Review Body has responsibility for making recommendations to Government on the level of remuneration it considers appropriate for doctors and dentists in the national health service in Great Britain. Specifically, it is responsible for:

  1. (i) the provision to be made for estimated practice expenses for the average GP;
  2. (ii) intended average net income per GP;
  3. (iii) the application of a balancing correction where appropriate;
  4. (iv) a scale of fees and allowances designed to deliver the sum of (i), (ii) and (iii) (intended average gross income) to the average GP.

Following the decision that it would not be appropriate for the review body to make recommendations for 1993–94, announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health on 3 December 1992, and in line with the announcement by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his autumn statement that public sector pay settlements for 1993–94 will be restricted to no more than 1.5 per cent., the intended average net income for general medical practitioners in England and Wales from 1 April 1993 is £40,610.