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Professional Advisory Group

The Profession Advisory Group (PAG) has been established to function as a consultative body to provide guidance from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the British Medical Association (BMA) to NHS England.  

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PAG provide advice regarding access to and use of GP data, including (but not limited to) data sharing applications for GP data received by NHS England including: GPES Data for Pandemic Planning and Research, (GDPPR), OpenSAFELY or other GP datasets.  

PAG enables NHS England to: 

  • maintain open dialogue with the profession about the responsible use of GP data

  • informally discuss practical issues and emerging requests regarding GP data

Who are PAG and what do they do

Learn more about PAG

PAG members

Learn more about PAG members

PAG meetings and minutes

Find out more about PAG meetings and read the meeting minutes

More about PAG meetings

PAG Terms of Reference (TOR)

PAG TOR

Contact us

If you have any further questions or feedback about PAG, email [email protected].

Last edited: 18 June 2026 4:12 pm