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National Workforce Reporting Service (NWRS) guidance and support

Guidance and support for GP practices and primary care networks using the the National Workforce Reporting Service (NWRS). 

Date Published:
27 February 2023

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Access to NWRS and registering
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Accessing NWRS

You can go to the NWRS through the Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS). 

Download the NWRS submission specification

Download a PDF version of this guidance

Updated February 2026

Last edited: 12 August 2026 4:17 pm

Chapters

  1. National Workforce Reporting Service (NWRS) guidance and support
  2. Access to NWRS and registering
  3. General guidance on using the NWRS
  4. NWRS responsibilities
  5. Using NWRS to view data
  6. Using the Data Quality Dashboard to view data
  7. Providing staff information
  8. Job role specific queries
  9. Staff leavers, transfers and deleting records
  10. Organisation changes
  11. Appendix 1: NWRS specification and list of roles in NWRS