Publication, Part of Primary Care Network Workforce
Primary Care Network Workforce, 31 December 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
Forthcoming changes
Gender and age breakdowns
Tables 1a and 1b of this release and previous ones present full-time equivalent and headcount numbers at England level for each job role. For the release of Primary Care Network Workforce statistics relating to 31 March 2022, we plan to provide these figures broken down by gender for each job role, and by age band for each staff group. We intend to produce these breakdowns for all previous reporting periods.
New job role - Advanced Practitioner
We are anticipating that the job role of Advanced Practitioner will be added to the list of selectable roles within the National Workforce Reporting Service prior to the 31 March, 2022 extraction. This role can relate to Direct Patient Care (DPC) or nursing, and so will be selectable under both the DPC and Nurse staff groups. We hope to be able to report on these roles in the next publication.
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