GP Earnings
Student in School of Medicine
Students who start a medical or dental course in 2006/07 will
be eligible for NHS support subject to normal funding and
eligibility arrangements (i.e. NHS Funding Supports these from year
five of a standard degree or from year 2 of an accelerated degree
and tuition fees will be met).
Junior Doctor
In the most junior post (foundation year 1) a doctor would
earn a basic salary of £20,741. This would increase in the second
year (foundation year 2) to £25,882. A doctor in specialist
training could earn from £29,000 to
£44,000.
In addition a doctor in training would be paid a banding supplement
determined by:
- the amount of hours worked over forty hours a week
- the intensity of a doctors workload
- the amount of work carried out at unsocial times
Banding supplements pay 20% to 80% of the basic salary. The most
common supplement paid is 50%. A typical doctor, five years after
graduating form medical school, on a 50% banding supplement would
be earning approximately £48,000.
Salaried GP
Salaried GPs earn approximately £50,000 to
£76,000, dependant on equivalent service, special experience, local
job market requirements among other factors.
Independent GP
Many General Medical Practitioners (GPs) are
self-employed and hold contracts - either on their own or as part
of a partnership - with their local primary care trust (PCT).
The profit of GPs varies according to the services that they
provide for their patients and the way they choose to provide these
services. There is therefore a large variation in the earnings of
GPs, but most would expect to earn between £80,000 and
£120,000.
Taken from NHS
Careers website
December 2006