General Practitioners
(asked on 23rd June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion and how much of the NHS budget has been spent on general practice in each of the last 15 years for which figures are available.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) 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.
General practice spend as proportion of the National Health Service budget is taken using the total Departmental Expenditure Limits from theDepartment of Health Annual Report 2012-13. The latest available data is from 2012-13, and the earliest available data is 2007-08. Substantial changes in methodology for calculating total NHS expenditure before 2007-08 mean directly comparable figures cannot be provided beyond this year to allow for like-for-like comparisons of the proportion of NHS budget spent on general practice.
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 |
Source: HSCIC ‘Investment in General Practice' (2008-09 to 2012-13) and HSCIC ‘Investment in General Practice' (2003-04 to 2009-10)
General Practice spend as proportion of NHS budget, 2007-08 to 2012-13 (%)
Year | General Practice spend as proportion of NHS Budget |
2007-08 | 9.31% |
2008-09 | 8.74% |
2009-10 | 8.45% |
2010-11 | 8.32% |
2011-12 | 8.16% |
2012-13 | 8.04% |
Source: HSCIC ‘Investment in General Practice' (2008-09 to 2012-13), HSCIC ‘Investment in General Practice' (2003-04 to 2009-10) andDepartment of Health ‘Annual Report and Accounts' (2012-13).