Primary care

We collect and publish a wide range of information on primary care. Primary care includes general practice, community pharmacy, dental, and optometry (eye health) services. This data gives valuable insight into how services are provided and is used to plan, deliver and monitor services.

Data

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General Practice Workforce

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Appointments in General Practice- Weekly MI

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Network Contract DES (MI)

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Data on Written Complaints in the NHS

Online tools

Use our online tools

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Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) online database

We have developed an online database to find the results of your local GP practice and to report the latest annual QOF points. You can also use the database to compare your local GP practice with other GP practices locally, or across England.

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General practice data dashboards

This is a collection of interactive dashboards relating to general practice in England.

Systems

Learn more about some of our primary care systems and services.

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Building healthcare software - demographics

A non-technical guide to building software that deals with demographics within the NHS in England.

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Electronic Prescription Service

The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) sends electronic prescriptions from prescribers to dispensers.

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GP2GP

GP2GP allows patients' electronic health records to be transferred directly, securely, and quickly between their old and new practices when they change GPs. This improves patient care quality by making full and detailed medical records available for patient consultations.

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GP IT Futures systems and services

GPs, practice staff, suppliers and buyers in integrated care systems (ICS), integrated care boards (ICBs) and commissioning support units (CSUs) can work with us to improve primary care products and services.

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NHS number

The NHS number helps health and social care staff and service providers match patients to their health and care records.

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NHS Pathways

Find out about NHS Pathways, a clinical tool used for assessing, triaging and directing the public to urgent and emergency care services. Learn more about the about the benefits of the service, how it works and how to use it.

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Health and Justice Information Services

The Health and Justice Information Services (HJIS) team supports NHS England in delivering a new integrated health IT system for the English Health and Justice service's residential detention settings.

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Summary Care Record

Summary Care Record (SCR) is a national database that holds electronic records of important patient information such as current medication, allergies and details of any previous bad reactions to medicines, created from GP medical records. It can be seen and used by authorised staff in other areas of the health and care system involved in the patient's direct care.

Last edited: 6 October 2023 1:56 pm