Skip to main content
BETA A NHS service powered by standards. Feedbackopens in a new window will help us improve.

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.

Documentation

About this standard

Publisher
NHS England
Reference code
DAPB4023 Amd 39/2021
Publication date
24/08/2021
Status
Active
Show definitions of statuses

Active. Active standards are stable, maintained and have been approved, assured or endorsed for use by qualified bodies.

Deprecated Deprecated standards are available for use and are maintained, but are being phased out, so new functionality will not be added.

Retired standards Retired standards are not being maintained or supported and should not be used.

Standard type
Collections
Show definitions of standard types

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.

Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.

Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.

Collection level

Record level

Frequency

Dataset publication or collection occurs once a year.

Contact point

Using this standard

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 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.

Page last updated: 03 May 2024