Publication, Part of Primary Care Network Workforce
Primary Care Network Workforce, 30 September 2021
Official statistics
NHS geography updates
There have been changes to the NHS England and Improvement regional structure since this release. From 1st July 2022, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) were established as statutory bodies replacing CCGs and STPs. From the Primary Care Network Workforce, 30 June 2022 publication, data is instead aggregated to Sub-ICB Location, and ICB level. These geography updates also involved boundary changes, with some Primary Care Networks (PCNs) moving to different Sub-ICB Locations and ICBs than they would previously have been situated.
In order to have a consistent and comparable time series at regional level, Individual-level CSVs for all periods back to March 2020 were reproduced as part of the 30 June 2022 release, with PCNs and Sub-ICB Locations remapped to reflect this latest structure. National totals are unaffected by this remapping but some figures at Sub-ICB (previously CCG) and ICB (previously STP) levels may differ to those previously published.
The regional bulletin tables 2a and 2b and the Individual-level CSV presented here reflect the old structure. Therefore, users are encouraged to use the remapped CSV files released with the 30 June 2022 publication for historical regional primary care network workforce figures.
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Notice of Changes
Changes in this release
In July 2021, we introduced a new version of the National Workforce Reporting Service (NWRS). The new workforce reporting service, which is now open for new submissions, is easier to use and has been designed with direct feedback from users. The aim is to make the task as simple and efficient as possible to help minimise the burden placed upon practices and Primary Care Networks.
As the data owners, General Practices and PCNs are responsible for the quality and completeness of the data that they provide to us and the new version of NWRS is easier and more intuitive to use so we anticipate that the data quality will improve.
Job role changes
The Other job role within the Direct Patient Care staff group was added to the collection tool in the quarter up to September 2021 and so is included in this publication for the first time.
In previous releases, only Occupational Therapists had been reported against the overarching Therapist job role. In the September 2021 collection, some PCNs also created records with the Therapist - Other job role for the first time. Consequently, the Therapist reporting line in the bulletin tables now includes Occupational Therapists and Other Therapists. In the Individual-level CSV, grouped job roles and detailed job roles are provided.
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