The vast bulk of the income is from population data.
There are fudge factors applied for age, gender, deprivation.
There is no fudge factor at all for how much actual doctoring is supplied as I have lamented before - I would make more money provising a crappier service to a bigger population.
The ultimate iteration of the current contract would be a couple of partners controlling an army of salaried staff doctors, nurses and other staff.
Basically a mini version of a Health Board.
With all the inefficiency that brings.
Studies show having a regular GP improves pretty much every health outcome including time spent in hospital when compared to "seeing whoever is available."
I appreciate this is a luxury already lost to many patients especially in practice conglomerates.
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