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Creating a new NHS England: NHS England and NHS Digital merged on 1 February 2023. More about the merger.

GP and GP practice related data

Data for General Medical Practices, General Medical Practitioners, Prescribing Cost Centres and Dispensaries, supplied by the NHS Prescription Services (NHS PS). Who to contact if you have queries about the data or queries about GP codes.

If you have any enquiries about this data, or if you wish to notify us of any errors or omissions, please contact the NHS Prescription Services. Any request to amend this data must be made to the NHS Prescription Services and will only be accepted from an authorised signatory.

The coding of Branch Surgeries and Primary Care Networks is NOT the responsibility of the NHS PS, queries regarding these should be directed to the Organisation Data Service Helpdesk.

Download our Standards Repository document for technical information about the standards used within our data downloads. Each zipped file contains the relevant file description.

File contents Full file Date uploaded Quarterly/Monthly Available in XML Role code API call
GP Practices epraccur 24 February 2023 Quarterly Yes

RO177(primary) RO72;RO76;RO80; RO82;RO87;RO246; RO247;RO248;RO249; RO250;RO251;RO252; RO253;RO254;RO255; RO259;RO260

 

 GP practice API call
GP Practitioners egpcur 24 February 2023 Quarterly No Not applicable Not applicable
GPs by GP Practices epracmem 24 February 2023 Quarterly No Not applicable Not applicable
GP Practices linked to CCG/LHG epcmem 24 February 2023 Quarterly Yes RO177; RO98 (primary) GP practice API call
Archived GP Practices epracarc 24 February 2023 Quarterly Yes RO177 Not applicable
Archived GP Practitioners egparc 24 February 2023 Quarterly No Not applicable Not applicable
Branch Surgeries ebranchs 24 February 2023 Quarterly Yes RO96 Branch Surgeries API Call
Pharmacy Headquarters Organisations epharmacyhq 24 February 2023 Quarterly Yes RO181 Pharmacy HQ organisations API Call
Dispensaries edispensary 24 February 2023 Quarterly Yes RO94; RO170:RO182 Dispensaries
Nurse Prescribers in England enurse 24 February 2023 Quarterly Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Private Controlled Drug Prescribers in England epcdp 24 February 2023 Quarterly Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Abeyance and Dispersal GP Codes eabeydispgp 24 February 2023 Quarterly Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
GP Practitioners and Practice amendments egpam 24 February 2023 Monthly Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
GPs by GP Practices and GP Practices linked to CCG/LHG amendments egpmemam 24 February 2023 Monthly Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Private Controlled Drug Prescribers in England amendments Epcdpam 24 February 2023 Monthly Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
GP Practitioners and Practice amendments Egpaq 24 February 2023 Quarterly Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
GPs by GP Practices and GP Practices linked to CCG/LHG amendments Egpmemaq 24 February 2023 Quarterly Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Private Controlled Drug Prescribers in England amendments Epcdpaq 24 February 2023 Quarterly Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Primary Care Networks epcn 29 March 2023 Monthly Yes (from 29 Nov 2019 via TRUD) RO272 PCN API call

Last edited: 29 March 2023 11:12 am