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General Practice Workforce Final 31 December 2018, Experimental Statistics

Publication Date:: 21 Feb 2019
Geographic Coverage:: England
Date Range:: 30 Sep 2015 to 31 Dec 2018

Summary

28 November 2019. Following an investigation into the GP locum data within this collection, we revised the full-time equivalent (FTE) GP locum figures from September 2015 to December 2016 in the General Practice Workforce September 2019 publication. This follows updates made to the figures from September 2015 to December 2018 as a result of several revisions we made to our data processing and methodology following consultation with users and stakeholders. December 2017, September 2018 and December 2018 figures were published in the first installment of this publication on 21 February, and in a planned revision of the publication, the remaining historical figures from September 2015 to December 2018 were published 25 April.

The figures produced under this new methodology were not comparable with any previously published figures, and the GP locum FTE figures in this publication are no longer valid as they have now been superseded by the revised figures.

More information and the revised figures can be found on the General Practice Workforce September 2019 publication page at https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/final-30-september-2019.

This quarterly report presents data about GPs, Nurses, Direct Patient Care and Admin/Non-Clinical staff working in General Practice in England, along with information on their patients, practice and the services they provide.

Various data breakdowns are available in the accompanying Excel and CSV files, including time series and breakdowns by categories such as age and gender. Data is also presented regionally, and at practice level for December 2018, in the accompanying CSVs.

Links to other publications presenting healthcare workforce information can be found under Related Links.

On 22.02.2019 some figures in tables 6a and 6b (for each staff group) were updated to align with the latest regional hierarchies.