You’ll never get to the right answer. The Guardian answers reader’s questions. Here’s part of an answer to ‘Are GPs worth £100,000 a year?’
A large proportion of GPs’ earnings is now linked directly to the
quality of care they provide, with payments made for services such as
contraception, vaccinations, and child health and chronic disease
clinics.
Err, no, as the NHS Blog Doctor repeatedly points out, a large proportion of GP’s incomes now come from box ticking.
Which is why ministers expected GPs to invest more of the "windfall"
gains back into their businesses. Surprisingly, GPs are instead
pocketing proportionally more of the money than before.
Ahh, so ministers did indeed make a mistake? As none of them seems to have ever done a real day’s work in their lives, not too surprising that they don’t understand incentives, is it?
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