£23 million cost of running local NHS frontline

There are currently 33 practices in Dumfries and Galloway and 130 GPs working locally, of which 55 are female and 75 are male. Each surgery has, on average, 4672 patients on their list although numbers can vary between urban and rural doctors. And NHS Dumfries and Galloway received £23.8m to allocate in 2016-17. Furthermore, 13 practices got an extra payment for offering dispensing services, ranging from £24,203 up to £581,789 The biggest payments in Dumfriesshire were over £1 million and went to surgeries located in Dumfries. Of those, the largest was £1.7 million for Gillbrae Medical Practice. Conversely, Canonbie Surgery received £343,976. According to the national figures released by ISD Scotland, as of September 30 2016, there were 4913 GPs working in general practice in Scotland throughout 966 surgeries. And the NHS paid those surgeries £798.4m in total. What your practice received: Shebburn, New Abbey: £441,252 + £473,498 for dispensing St Michael’s: £1.045,224 Lochthorn: £481,743 Charlotte St: £1.185m Gillbrae: £1.7m Lockerbie: £910,505 Lochmaben: £706,728 + £24,203 for dispensing Church Place, Moffat: £421,083 + £173,652 for dispensing High St, Moffat: £461,252 Dr Kieran, Annan - Greencroft South: £912,312 Dr Kelly, Annan - Greencroft North: £1.107m Gretna Surgery: £642,618 Canonbie: £343,976 + £361,991 for dispensing Langholm Medical Partnership: £439,109 Dr CR Palmer, Ecclefechan: £368,595 + £581,789 for dispensing Greyfriars: £1.5m NEWSDESK: 01461-202417