Don't most partners in General Practice get more than intended net
remuneration (item of service stuff etc)- accepting that salaried GPs get
less? And in the cities a lot of GPs don't cover nights after midnight at
all. Add in the tax benefits of being self employed and I'd say that overall
GPs probably do better than top point Staff Grades with a comparable amount
of training needed to get there. Arguably GPs do better than those
consultants without significant private practice. For partners on parity,
intended average (I think it's mean- median is a bit lower) net remuneration
about 55k + average item of service stuff about 20k (source: Medeconomics).
Non NHS income is a bit extra on top of this- OK, not usually as much as
some specialties; but only about a quarter of consultants are max part
timers, which implies that most consultants make under 7k a year from
private work.
(One of the GP rags compared practice income in England a year or two back-
the lowest earning practice was making £35,000 a partner; the highest
earning pulled in well in excess of 100k each. Reference: Something I dimly
remember from a while back)
Matt Dunn
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