The current economic crisis has generated a lot of criticism of the position of public sector workers and in the world of planet insurance, one group of employees could be exempt from the pain of the recession until 2011 - GPs who receive fees for medical reports on their patients.
Back in 2006, a new fees agreement was set in place. It was a time of huge rises in GP's NHS incomes. The Government had introduced a fees system which gave large pay increases to GPs who met targets. Funnily enough, as a group, they pretty well met them all. The result was a pay increase of over 30%. For historic reasons (the previous long term clamp down on public sector pay) the fees for GP reports were linked to GP pay and not inflation. The agreement made in 2006 absorbed the 30% over five years – and is still running. This April fees will go up again from £84 to £89 and again next ...
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