General Practitioners
(asked on 12th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of GP visits was in each year since 1984 in which information is available.
Data on the total cost of general practitioner visits is not available. The Health and Social Care Information Centre collects data on the total expenditure on general practice, both including and excluding the cost of dispensed drugs. The latest available data is from 2012-13, and the earliest available data is 2003-04.
Total Spend on general practice, 2003-04 to 2012-13 (£ million)
Year | Total Spend | Total Net of Dispensing |
2003-04 | 5,811 | 5,006 |
2004-05 | 6,914 | 6,061 |
2005-06 | 7,747 | 6,864 |
2006-07 | 7,757 | 6,943 |
2007-08 | 7,867 | 7,053 |
2008-09 | 7,961 | 7,145 |
2009-10 | 8,321 | 7,514 |
2010-11 | 8,350 | 7,543 |
2011-12 | 8,397 | 7,607 |
2012-13 | 8,459 | 7,690 |