General Practice Pay Transparency
Asks GPs earning over £150,000 per annum to self-declare, as part of the move to greater pay transparency to safeguard public trust in the GP partnership model, as set out in the GP Contract.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Reference code
- DAPB4023 Amd 39/2021
- Publication date
- 24/08/2021
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Collections
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
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- Collection level
Record level
- Frequency
Dataset publication or collection occurs once a year.
- Contact point
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- Applies to
- General Practices
- Associated medias
- Effective from
- 16/03/2022
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Finance
- Workforce
- Care setting
- GP / Primary care
Review Information
- Scope
- Individuals with a GP contract as partners, contractors who are medical practitioners, sub-contractors, individuals who are engaged by a contractor or clinical sub-contractor and individuals engaged by a third party for clinical service provision.
- Contributor
- Department of Health and Social Care
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
More information
GP contractors and sub-contractors with total NHS earnings above £150,000 per annum will be listed by name and earnings in a national publication, starting with 2021/22 NHS earnings.
Individuals who are in scope are required to confirm their name and job title and to declare the following information:
- their NHS earnings for the relevant year
- the organisation(s) from which the NHS earnings were drawn
General Practices submit identifiable data to NHS England, via the NHS MS Forms platform, on an annual basis. The collated data will be published in report format on an annual basis.
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