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Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 14 Oct 2025 | Updated: 0 days ago

Patients Registered at a GP Practice

Dataset

Documentation

Description:
Monthly published snapshots of the number of patients registered at each GP practice (also aggregated to PCN, ICB sub-location, ICB and NHS England region), released as open data and official statistics. Data are shown by single year of age and 5-year age bands, and split by sex. LSOA-level outputs are published quarterly
Spatial Coverage:
England
Data Use Limitations:
NO RESTRICTION

Coverage

Spatial

Geographical Levels:
region

Temporal

Start Date:
01 April 2013
Frequency:
MONTHLY

Provenance

Purpose:
To provide up-to-date official counts of patients registered with GP practices to support service planning, funding, performance monitoring and research.
Collection Situation:
Data extracted each month as a snapshot from the national Primary Care Registration database within the Personal Demographic Service / NHAIS (the national master patient register). These electronic administrative records are submitted by GP practices as part of routine registration processes.

Access and Governance

Usage

Data Use Requirements:
NO REQUIREMENTS

Access

Data Controller:
NHS England

Format and Standards

Languages:
ENGLISH
Data Format:
  • Unstructured text
  • Database

Additional Information Governance

Confidentiality Risk:
Low risk
Availability Risk:
Low risk
Integrity Risk:
Low risk