Table 2. Patterns of exclusivity and persistence in payments to GP practices in England, 2015–2022.
| A. Exclusivitya | B. Persistenceb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company funders, n | Practices, n (%) | Payments,£ (%) | Years payments were made | Company-practice relationships,n (%) | Payments,£ (%) for relationships |
| 1 | 1778 (40.1) | 4 919 521 (15.4) | 1 | 7612 (74.0) | 14 565 601 (54.0) |
| 2 | 1161 (26.2) | 6 758 268 (21.2) | 2 | 1879 (18.3) | 9 583 143 (26.7) |
| 3 | 660 (14.9) | 5 928 728 (18.6) | 3 | 562 (5.5) | 3 842 452 (12.0) |
| 4 | 406 (9.2) | 5 446 966 (17.1) | 4 | 157 (1.5) | 2 415 978 (4.5) |
| 5 | 200 (4.5) | 2 986 261 (9.3) | 5 | 48 (0.5) | 784 209 (1.7) |
| 6 | 104 (2.3) | 2 133 676 (6.7) | 6 | 22 (0.2) | 665 129 (0.9) |
| 7 | 73 (1.6) | 2 060 056 (6.5) | 7 | 3 (0.03) | 15 819 (0.1) |
| 8 | 28 (0.6) | 774 886 (2.4) | 8 | 2 (0.02) | 16 178 (0.1) |
| 9 | 10 (0.2) | 228 673 (0.7) | NA | NA | NA |
| 10 | 2 (0.05) | 111 131 (0.3) | NA | NA | NA |
| >10 | 8 (0.2) | 540 343 (1.7) | NA | NA | NA |
| Total practices | 4430 (100) | 31 888 508 (100) | Total unique relations | 10 285 (100) | 31 888 508 (100) |
Note: Values are presented in 2022 GBP. aExclusivity indicates the number of companies making payment to a practice over study period. bPersistence indicates the number of years a company made payments to a practice. The values for company-practice relationships exceed the total number of practices because a single practice can receive payments from multiple companies, with each company-practice relation counted separately