Major variations in GMS income

Huge variations in incomes per eligible GMS patient were highlighted at the IMT GP Practice Management Seminar in Dublin last weekend. In Dublin West, for example, the average payment per eligible person was €89 in 2012, while in Dublin South the figure was €385, attendees at the meeting in the Radisson Blu St Helen’s Hotel were told. GMS income per eligible person nationally has fallen off dramatically — by 38 per cent — between 2008 and 2012. However, in terms of the variability, practices in Dublin West had a higher number of eligible persons per panel with fewer special service…