General Medical Services for Northern Ireland, Quarterly Series to Q1 2023/24 - Provisional

General Medical Services for Northern Ireland, Quarterly Series to Q1 2023/24 - Provisional

Published 10 August 2023

A National Statistics Publication
Published by: BSO Family Practitioner Services Information Unit

Contact: Gerard McMullan
Telephone: 028 9536 3689
Email: Gerard.McMullan@hscni.net

Theme: General Medical Services
Coverage: Northern Ireland
Frequency: Quarterly

Publication date: 10 August 2023

Key Facts

Key variable	This quarter	Change since last quarter (%)	Change since last year (%)
Registered patients	2,042,181	0.0	0.9
GP headcount	1,450	0.1	2.0
GP practices	317	0.0	-0.6
Registrations (new + transfers)	23,928	-3.5	9.8
Registrations per practice	75	-3.8	10.3

Quarterly Series Tables

Download the quarterly general medical services statistics by clicking on the button below. This quarterly series is a subset of the annual information with data provided for selected key tables relating to the following topics:

• GP Practice counts by Local Commissioning Group (Health Trust), Local Government District and GP Federation
• Average number of Registered Patients per GP Practice by Local Commissioning Group (Health Trust), Local Government District and GP Federation
• GP headcounts by Gender and Age and Local Commissioning Group (Health Trust)
• Average number of GPs (headcount) per GP Practice by Local Commissioning Group (Health Trust), Local Government District and GP Federation
• GP Registered Patient counts by Gender and Age, Local Commissioning Group (Health Trust), Local Government District, GP Federation and GP Practice
• Counts of Patients registering for the first time in Northern Ireland and those transferring between Northern Ireland GP Practices

The quarterly updates within a year should be treated as provisional and may be revised when figures are finalised to produce the end of year annual report.

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Trend Charts

1.1 Number of GP practices

Figure 1.1a: Number of GP practices in NI by financial quarter

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Figure 1.1b: Number of GP practices by financial quarter and Local Commissioning Group

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1.2 Number of GPs (Headcount)

Figure 1.2: Number of GPs by gender and financial quarter

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1.3 Number of Registered Patients

Figure 1.3: Number of registered patients by gender and financial quarter

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1.4 Number of Patient Registrations

Figure 1.4: Number of patient registrations by type and financial quarter

Total refers to all patient registrations which comprises new registrations and transfers from another practice.

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User Guidance

GP Practices vary in size in terms of registered patients, total number of GPs working at each practice and working patterns of GPs within the practice. GP Practices may have surgeries on more than one site.

General Practitioners (GPs) must be registered on the Medical Performers List to work in a GP Practice. Figures presented for GPs are headcount by individual contract and do not reflect different working patterns individual GPs may operate nor any changes in such patterns across time.

Registered Patients is the count of individuals with a live medical registration at a Northern Ireland GP Practice. Patient Registrations refer to the count of individuals registering at a Northern Ireland (NI) GP Practice and figures presented include all first time in NI registrations (new) plus patients moving from another NI GP Practice (transfer).

About this publication

The General Medical Services Statistics for Northern Ireland 2019/20 to 2022/23 annual reports contain high-level information on Primary Care services in Northern Ireland with comparisons against previous years. Annual data is supplemented by annex tables providing more detailed information with year-on-year comparisons. The Annual reports and accompanying tables are available here.

This quarterly series is a subset of the annual information, with data provided for certain key tables. Not all tables presented in the annual report have been replicated quarterly, as in many cases there is not much change in the figures from quarter to quarter. For example, certain analysis such as proximity to services, do not change much on a quarterly basis. Additional tables presenting data on the average number of GPs per practice and practice list sizes have been included in this quarterly series. This publication is in a new HTML format, as was introduced for the 2022/23 Annual report, and includes interactive graphics and the ability to automatically download the data presented in the charts.

This is a National Statistics Publication

The UK Statistics Authority designated these statistics as National Statistics on 11th May 2022. National Statistics status means that official statistics meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and public value. All official statistics should comply with all aspects of the Code of Practice for Statistics. They are awarded National Statistics status following an assessment by the Authority’s regulatory arm. The Authority considers whether the statistics meet the highest standards of Code compliance, including the value they add to public decisions and debate. These statistics were considered as part of a wider assessment of the BSO Family Practitioner Services statistics.

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