GMS payments ‘reflect ageing population’
The average payment per patient to GPs was €261.53 (€247.66 in 2003) and €692.73 to pharmacists (€595.16 in 2003).
The bulk of the earnings going to GPs are personal taxable income, with much smaller amounts going towards overheads. The highest GP GMS earner is Dr Anthony Crosby, in Raheny, Co Dublin, who received €533,408 in fees last year from the GMS payments board and another €62,171 in overheads.