Table 3.
GPs' prospective and retrospective views of the impact of the new contract, and their experiences of job design and time pressures.
| n/N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005 | |
| Impact of the new contract | ||
| Decreased professional autonomy | 1637/1966 (83.3) | 945/1325 (71.3) |
| Increased clinical workload | 1819/2029 (89.7) | 1143/1325 (86.3) |
| Increased administrative workload | 1938/2026 (95.7) | 1245/1324 (94.0) |
| Increased personal income | 936/1761 (53.2) | 1160/1322 (87.8) |
| Decreased ability to do justice to the job | 1079/1905 (56.6) | 584/1319 (44.3) |
| Increased inappropriate demands from patients | 1083/1935 (56.0) | 615/1325 (46.4) |
| Decreased overall quality of working life | 1127/1911 (59.0) | 506/1322 (38.3) |
| Decreased quality of care for patients with acute disease | 611/2015 (30.3) | 263/1325 (19.9) |
| Increased quality of care for patients with chronic disease | 1430/2030 (70.4) | 1038/1325 (78.3) |
| Increased quality of preventative care | 1379/2030 (67.9) | 968/1324 (73.1) |
| Increased overall quality of care | 925/1996 (46.3) | 800/1325 (60.4) |
| Increased overall quality in practice | 1008/1980 (50.9) | 860/1324 (65.0) |
| Agreement with job design and time pressure statements | ||
| Job has become more interesting over last year | 391/2093 (18.7) | 195/1344 (14.5) |
| Trouble working out if doing well or poorly | 654/2096 (31.2) | 395/1343 (29.4) |
| Involved in deciding on changes that affect work | 925/2082 (44.4) | 628/1341 (46.8) |
| Changes to job in last year led to better patient care | 466/2097 (22.2) | 460/1341 (34.3) |
| Do not have time to carry out all my work | 1644/2098 (78.4) | 898/1343 (66.9) |
| Cannot meet conflicting demands on time at work | 1540/2094 (73.5) | 857/1345 (63.7) |
Denominator (N) varies according to how many doctors responded to item.