Publication, Part of Patients Registered at a GP Practice
Patients Registered at a GP Practice, April 2024
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Data Source
The current data source for Patients Registered at a GP Practice is National Health Applications and Infrastructure Services (NHAIS) which has been decommissioned. The data source will change to Personal Demographics Service (PDS) for 2024/25. There are no planned changes to the format of the publication documents.
For this publication, monthly outputs are available from both data sources to allow comparison and transition. We have also updated the data quality statement with more information.
1 May 2024 00:00 AM
Summary
Data for this publication are extracted each month as a snapshot in time from the Primary Care Registration database within the NHAIS (National Health Application and Infrastructure Services) system. This release is an accurate snapshot as at 1 April 2024. This publication also includes monthly data outputs from the Personal Demographic Service, which will become the data source for this publication from May 2024. More information about the data source change can be found in the Data Quality Statement.
GP Practice; Primary Care Network (PCN); Sub Integrated Care Board Locations (SICBL); Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS England Commissioning Region level data are released in single year of age (SYOA) and 5-year age bands, both of which finish at 95+, split by gender. In addition, organisational mapping data is available to derive PCN; SICBL; ICB and Commissioning Region associated with a GP practice and is updated each month to give relevant organisational mapping.
Quarterly publications in January, April, July and October will include Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) populations.
Key Facts
63,227,624
Patients Registered at GP practices in England as at 1 April 2024.
16,765
more registered patients as at 1 April 2024, compared to 1 March 2024.
51,886
difference between the NHAIS and PDS England totals, which equates to 0.08%
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Last edited: 28 May 2024 8:50 am