General Practice Dashboard

The General Practice Dashboard (GPD) is hosted on the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP). It features practice-level data across national priority indicators within 5 domains; access and experience, workforce, clinical outcomes and care quality, medicines management, and vaccinations and screening. Variation between practices is flagged based on defined thresholds and weightings.

The dashboard is being developed in phases and will contain 30+ indicators. It will also see ongoing development including the addition of contextual information, refinement of indicators, updates to its variation assessment system, and improvements to functionality and user interface.

The GPD is primarily designed for ICBs, as delegated commissioners of general practice services, to support them with their responsibilities for contractual management and improvement and transformation of services. It is to be used by ICBs alongside local information, indicators and intelligence to help identify unwarranted variation in general practice. It will also be used by NHS England to support its oversight and assurance activities.

NHS England regional approvers will review and approve access requests. All access requests must include a clear explanation of why access to the dashboard is needed and how the data will be used. If the justification does not meet expectations, the request may be denied. 

If you have not been granted access within 5 days, contact your regional approver. Approver details can also be found on the FDP home page, GPD tile, 'Open Project Information' page.   

Access to the GPD for general practices and primary care networks (PCNs) will be considered when the dashboard has gone through further development.

User feedback is crucial for enhancing the GPD, covering its usability, suggestions for new or improved indicators/metrics, and any data accuracy or accessibility issues. You can provide this feedback via the feedback form or by emailing the General Practice Commissioning Team at [email protected].

Your collaboration in making the GPD an effective tool is greatly appreciated.

26 June 2025 – Release 4. Updates in this release are:

• overall variation scores - 'All Domain' summary columns added to national pages, flagging practices with significant variation across all domains
• consistent patient denominators - 'Registered patients' now used for appointments and workforce metrics, expressed as patients per staff full-time equivalent (FTE)
• new cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevent metric - a new, more frequently updated CVD prevention metric has been introduced
• visual and text clarity - dashboard shading inconsistencies are fixed, and a metric title has been improved for readability 

User access to the private portal (dashboard) is strictly subject to the Dashboard End User Access Agreement. 

By accessing the data through the private portal, you are accepting the terms of the Dashboard End User Access Agreement. 

Data may be downloaded and analysed using other analytical tools but must not be shared outside the user’s organisation. 

Details on the datasets which power this dashboard are available in the Metric Summary page within the dashboard. The individual data publications will include accessible versions of the data.

For access, technical or accessibility issues with the dashboard, contact the National Service Desk at [email protected] or 0300 3035 035; they will triage specialist queries.

Additionally, user guides, FAQs, and troubleshooting resources are available on the Federated Data Platform home page under 'Help'.

Further GPD resources and wider commissioning and transformation support materials for ICBs are on Future NHS: ICB/CATS resources - Primary Care Improvement Connect. Sign up to Future NHS to access these pages.