The Datum Report

Occupation 1231 · Managers, directors and senior officials

Health care practice managers

Healthcare practice managers plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the work and resources of medical, dental and other types of healthcare practice, including veterinary practices.

How people enter it

There are no pre-set entry requirements. Candidates are recruited with a variety of academic qualifications or with relevant experience. Professional qualifications are available and are required for certain posts.

What the work involves

Also called

Clinic manager · Dental practice manager · GP practice manager · Patient services manager · Veterinary practice manager

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
1231 : Health care practice managers None None 2026-03 23,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1231 : Health care practice managers None None 2026-03 24,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1231 : Health care practice managers None None 2026-03 26,600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1231 : Health care practice managers None None 2026-03 600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1231 : Health care practice managers None None 2026-03 1,700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1231 : Health care practice managers None None 2026-03 27,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1231 : Health care practice managers None None 2026-03 1,100.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

RegionMeasureHoursValuePeriod
East 1231 : Health care practice managers None 2,100.00 2026-03
East Midlands 1231 : Health care practice managers None 1,400.00 2026-03
London 1231 : Health care practice managers None 3,500.00 2026-03
North East 1231 : Health care practice managers None 1,500.00 2026-03
North West 1231 : Health care practice managers None 2,600.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 1231 : Health care practice managers None 600.00 2026-03
Scotland 1231 : Health care practice managers None 1,700.00 2026-03
South East 1231 : Health care practice managers None 4,900.00 2026-03
South West 1231 : Health care practice managers None 2,400.00 2026-03
Wales 1231 : Health care practice managers None 1,100.00 2026-03
West Midlands 1231 : Health care practice managers None 3,000.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 1231 : Health care practice managers None 2,500.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for health care practice managers vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

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