Average GP pay rises to £106,000

[Setarime]

GPs earned an average £106,000 during the first year of their new contract, figures show.
Figures from the Information Centre for health and social care show average earnings rose by 30% during 2004-05.

Ministers and NHS bosses expressed concern that so much of the new money had apparently gone on pay, rather than on investment in services.

But the British Medical Association said doctors had "well and truly earned" their rise.

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I am in the wrong bloody job, how can they say that GP's earn that stoopid amount of money? 99% of the time they sit on their a@*@s seeing people who have a cold or a sore throat, I should know I work with some

[stubacca68]

agree HB, but then again so do you!! (thats sit on your a**e) but i dont think they warrant being payed that much! as good as they are.

[TGLucario]

i agree....thats too much money, they just want the money, instead of working HARD 4 it!

[Rocol]

Agree, that is a bit much for a GP .. split it up and share some out amongst the Nurses.