Primary care

We collect and publish a wide range of information on primary care. Primary care includes general practice, community pharmacy, dental, and optometry (eye health) services. This data gives valuable insight into how services are provided and is used to plan, deliver and monitor services.

Use our online tools

You can search our general practice publications by month and year. Find our primary care publications. 

Systems

Learn more about some of our primary care systems and services.

 

 

Our primary care publications include:

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Learning disabilities health check scheme

The learning disabilities health check scheme is designed to encourage GP practices to identify all patients aged 14 and over with learning disabilities, to maintain a learning disabilities 'health check' register and offer these patients an annual health check, which includes producing a health action plan. The learning disabilities health check scheme takes place every three months. The learning disabilities health check scheme is one of a number of GP enhanced services. Enhanced services are voluntary reward programmes that cover primary medical services; one of their main aims is to reduce the burden on secondary care services.