About this release

This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS), in partnership with NHS National Services Scotland (NSS), provides information about NHSScotland payments to General Practices (GPs) for the financial year 2021/22, including analysis of payments by NHS Board area.

Main points

In 2021/22 the sum of NHSScotland payments made to 923 General Practices was £989.4 million. Payments have increased by £38.9 million (4.1%) when compared to 2020/21.

• £832.1 million was paid to General Medical Services (GMS) contracted practices run by GPs;
• £116.7 million was paid to locally negotiated contracted practices (17C) run by GPs; and
• £40.5 million was paid to NHS Board run practices (2C).

Total Payment (£ million) by type of General Practice

Total Payment by type of General Practice This line chart shows by type of practice, the total payments made to them in each of the last seven years.

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Of the £989.4 million paid in 2021/22, the Global Sum was the largest payment amounting to £670.4 million paid to 923 General Practices.

In addition to the £989.4 million, £22.2 million was paid to 85 General Practices for dispensing services in 2021/22.

Background

This annual release provides information on NHSScotland payments to General Practices for the financial year 2021/22. It does not provide information on General Practitioner earnings, which are published by NHS Digital every September.

Global Sum Payments are a contribution towards the contractor’s costs in delivering essential and additional services, including its staff costs.

The new GMS contract came into effect from the 1 April 2018, introducing significant increases in funding designed to support a significant change in the delivery of General Medical Services (GMS). More information about the contract can be found on the Scottish Government website.

A broad suite of information relating to General Practice in Scotland can be found on the Public Health Scotland website, and wider information about Public Health Scotland can be found on the News section of our website

Further information

The next release of this publication will be Autumn 2023.