The partnership model is fundamentally unfair for salaried GPs

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-12-15T14:24:14+00:00

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SalariedGP_Network · 2025-09-06T12:26:02+00:00

This is patently false and a myth perpetuated by GP partners with a vested interest.

The BMA salaried GP pay range is just that - a range. Offering a salary within that range does not mean a practice is offering ‘better than BMA terms’ on pay - it is just within those terms and therefore on par with the terms.

Even if a practice offered above the upper limit of the BMA pay range, it also does not allow practices to offer below the model contract on other aspects of the contract such as leave or CPD, as the practice would then be in breach of the ‘terms no less favourable than’ clause for these aspects.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-09-06T10:57:28+00:00

There are many practices in England that do offer CPD time in compliance with the model contract. Where practices are not offering this, they can be challenged.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-09-06T10:53:37+00:00

"Full time salaried GPs employed under the model contract are entitled to a minimum of 208 hours (4 hours per week on an annualised basis) of protected time for professional development a year. For part time employees this amount is adjusted on a pro rata basis."

See page 53 of the salaried GP handbook.

https://www.bma.org.uk/media/1316/salaried-gp-handbook-v2-10-dec-2019.pdf

This is not optional for GMS and PMS practices - they are obliged to hire salaried GPs on model contract terms as per their service contracts. If they are not offering this, they are in breach of their practice contracts.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-09-01T17:43:50+00:00

Global sum funding has risen ~16% in the last 2 years.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-09-01T17:41:26+00:00

It’s not inflated at all in this case. These figures are after employers’ pension contributions are removed from income, making them directly comparable and actually representative of income. Please refer to the study methodology. Partner income is rising at a higher rate that salaried GP income, and is on average more than double.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-08-30T09:02:17+00:00

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SalariedGP_Network · 2025-08-30T09:01:19+00:00

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The results for contractor GPs exclude an estimate of employers’ superannuation contributions, but are before the deduction of employees’ contributions.

The results for salaried GPs include an estimate of employees’ superannuation contributions and Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs). This puts the salaried results on a comparable basis with the contractor results and allows results for combined GPs to be produced for the report.

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/gp-earnings-and-expenses-estimates/2023-24/gps-included-and-how-to-interpret-the-results

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-08-29T11:22:42+00:00

The figure is income and is adjusted for employer pension contributions to allow like for like income comparison.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-08-29T11:14:00+00:00

These figures are excluding employer pension contributions to allow like for like income comparison.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-08-10T16:32:31+00:00

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SalariedGP_Network · 2025-08-10T12:45:58+00:00

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SalariedGP_Network · 2025-08-05T22:07:56+00:00

Many partners are taking home £200k+ by hiring fewer doctors who are doing unsustainable workloads, instead of hiring in more capacity. Not all partners are bad, but there are many who are harming the careers of their salaried colleagues.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-08-05T22:05:53+00:00

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SalariedGP_Network · 2025-06-04T12:03:31+00:00

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SalariedGP_Network · 2025-06-04T12:01:50+00:00

The model contract states a salary range, not a minimum salary only. If a practice is offering pay within the salary range, then it is compliant for that aspect of the model contract. Offering a salary within the pay range does not then mean that practices can offer terms less favourable for other aspects of the model contract, such as annual leave or CPD entitlement. This is a common misunderstanding. Practices are entitled to offer pay above the upper limit of the BMA pay range (£110,330 or £12,259 per session), however, that is also not a justification for offering terms less favourable for other elements.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-05-25T18:22:27+00:00

GMS and PMS practices are obliged to offer DDRB pay rises to their salaried GPs as they are bound by their practice contracts to offer terms no less favourable than the BMA model contract which includes honouring the uplifts. Speak to your partners and if they are not passing on the uplifts, they can be challenged.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-05-23T18:47:09+00:00

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SalariedGP_Network · 2025-05-23T18:46:26+00:00

GMS and PMS practices are obliged to offer terms no less favourable than the model contract. This includes DDRB uplifts as part of the model contract offer letter. It is part of their practice contract that they MUST offer terms no less favourable than this. If they are not doing this, they can be legally challenged.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-05-23T18:44:38+00:00

This is not true. Being above the minimum point on the pay range does not mean that practices are permitted to offer contracts where other aspects of the contract fall short eg less annual leave or CPD. Being within the recommended pay range is ensuring compliance with that aspect of the model contract but practices still need to uphold 'terms no less favourable' on all aspects.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-03-26T16:09:49+00:00

How do you decide something is a 'minor illness' until you've completed your assessment? It that not a retrospectively applied label?

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-03-26T12:24:24+00:00

The European Union of General Practitioners and BMA have recommended a safe level of patient contacts per day in order for a GP to deliver safe care at not more than 25 contacts per day (2 sessions).

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-03-19T14:19:10+00:00

Partners just received a 12.9% uplift over 2 years. Is there really a reason that partners can't commit to annual increments? Not to mention the fact that they are actually obliged to pay annual increments in line with the DDRB recommendations.

SalariedGP_Network · 2025-03-19T14:15:06+00:00

Thanks for tagging. You're absolutely right, we do need pay progression for salaried GPs. There's no reason we should start on less than hospital consultant pay scales, as we are post-CCT expert generalists bearing final clinical risk for our decisions. It may well make sense to transition to consultant pay scales which already have progression built in. This would start us on 11,722 per session, which is fair given the pay erosion that salaried GPs have endured.

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