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
Origin
Name:
Data Catalogue