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GP Earnings and Expenses Estimates, 2020/21

Publication Date:
1 Sep 2022
Date Range:
01 Apr 2020 to 31 Mar 2021

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The following tables are available within the accompanying Microsoft Excel Time Series Workbook and GP Earnings and Expenses Estimates 2020/21 interactive online report. All of the results from this report are presented in the Time Series, along with distributional and detailed results, including earnings and expenses estimates by age, gender, practice patient list size and practice rurality for each of the four countries, and regional analysis for England GPs.

Additionally, the accompanying open data CSVs include detailed results broken down by contract type, as well as percentage of GPs with no expenses in each expenses category.

Links to the files can be found under Resources on the Overview page. 

Excel Time Series

1a. Contractor GP earnings and expenses estimates 2002/03 to 2020/21 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland        

1b. GPMS contractor GP earnings and expenses estimates 2002/03 to 2020/21 real terms - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland        

1c. Contractor GP expenses breakdown 2002/03 to 2020/21 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland        

2a. GPMS contractor GP earnings and expenses estimates by age band and gender 2017/18 to 2020/21 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland        

2b. GPMS contractor GP expenses breakdown by age band and gender 2017/18 to 2020/21  - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland 

3a. GPMS contractor GP earnings and expenses estimates by rurality 2017/18 to 2020/21 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

3b. GPMS contractor GP expenses breakdown by rurality 2017/18 to 2020/21 -  England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

4a. GPMS contractor GP earnings and expenses estimates by practice registered patient list size 2017/18 to 2020/21 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

4b. GPMS contractor GP expenses breakdown by practice registered patient list size 2017/18 to 2020/21 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland       

5a. GPMS contractor GP earnings and expenses estimates by NHS England and NHS Improvement (region) 2011/12 to 2020/21

5b. GPMS contractor GP expenses breakdown by NHS England and NHS Improvement (region) 2011/12 to 2020/21

6.  Contractor GP distribution of self-employment gross earnings, total expenses and income before tax 2015/16 to 2020/21 -  England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

7a. Salaried GP earnings and expenses estimates 2006/07 to 2020/21 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

7b. GPMS salaried GP earnings and expenses estimates 2006/07 to 2020/21 real terms - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

8. GPMS salaried GP earnings and expenses estimates by age band and gender, 2017/18 to 2020/21 -  England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

9. GPMS salaried GP earnings and expenses estimates by rurality, 2017/18 to 2020/21 -  England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

10. GPMS salaried GP earnings and expenses estimates by practice registered patient list size, 2017/18 to 2020/21 -  England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

11. GPMS salaried GP earnings and expenses estimates by NHS England and NHS Improvement (region) 2011/12 to 2020/21

12. Salaried GP distribution of income before tax 2017/18 to  2020/21 -  England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

13. Combined GP earnings and expenses estimates 2007/08 to 2020/21 -  England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

14. GPMS combined GP earnings and expenses estimates by age band and gender, 2017/18 to 2020/21 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

15. GPMS combined GP earnings and expenses estimates by rurality, 2017/18 to 2020/21 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

16. GPMS combined GP earnings and expenses estimates by practice registered patient list size, 2017/18 to 2020/21 - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

17. GPMS combined GP earnings and expenses estimates by NHS England and NHS Improvement (region) 2011/12 to 2020/21

Interactive report contents
  • Average gross earnings, total expenses and income before tax by contract type (GPMS, GMS, PMS) and country for combined (contractor and salaried) GPs.
  • Average gross earnings, total expenses and income before tax by contract type, practice type (dispensing/non-dispensing) and country for contractor GPs.
  • Average gross earnings, total expenses and income before tax by contract type and country for salaried GPs.
  • Average gross earnings, total expenses and income before tax by contract type, country, gender and age for contractor GPs.
  • Average gross earnings, total expenses and income before tax by contract type, country, gender and age for salaried GPs.
  • Average gross earnings, total expenses and income before tax by contract type, GP type, country and gender for all UK.
  • Self-employment allowable expenses breakdown by practice type (dispensing/non-dispensing), contract type and country for contractor GPs.
  • Distribution of self-employment gross earnings, total expenses and income before tax of contractor GPs by contract type and country.
  • Distribution of self-employment income before tax of salaried GPs by contract type and country.
  • Time series of income before tax estimates for GPMS GPs in cash and real terms by GP type and country.

View the GP Earnings and Expenses Estimates 2020/21 interactive online report.

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