Others titles
- General Medical Practitioners Practicing in England and Wales
- Current General Practitioners Working in England
- List of Registered Medical Practitioners UK
- Registered Medical Practitioner Definition UK
Keywords
- General Medical Practitioners (GPs)
- GP Practices
- General Practitioner
- General Practice Doctor
- General Doctor
- General Medical Practices
- National Health Service (NHS)
- General National Codes (GNC)
- Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
- National Administrative Codes Service (NACS)
General Medical Practitioners Currently Working in England and Wales

This dataset comprises of General Medical Practitioners (GPs) currently working in England and Wales. It includes name and address information and identifying codes for General Practitioners working in England and Wales. These identifying codes are known as General National Codes (GNC).
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Description
The Organization Data Service (ODS) is provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). It is responsible for the publication of all organization and practitioner codes and national policy and standards with regard to the majority of organization codes, and encompasses the functionality and services previously provided by the National Administrative Codes Service (NACS).
These code standards form part of the NHS data standards. The HSCIC is also responsible for the day-to-day operation of the ODS and for its overall development.
Data for General Medical Practices, General Medical Practitioners (GPs), Prescribing Cost Centres and Dispensaries are supplied by the NHS Prescription Services and are used to facilitate their remit to remunerate dispensing contractors and provide the NHS with financial, prescribing and drug information.
The NHS Prescription Service use a number called the Doctor’s Index Number (DIN) (allocated by the Health and Social Care Information Centre when a doctor first applies to practice in the UK), to derive a GP’s first General National Codes(GNC); this is prefixed with a ‘G’ and suffixed with a check digit. Thereafter however, if a GP begins to work at further practices (i.e. is working within more than one simultaneously), the NHS Prescription Service allocate further codes not based on the DIN. A GP can therefore have multiple GNC codes, one for each practice he works at simultaneously. If a GP completely leaves a practice before joining a new one, and there is no overlap, then the current code will be retained and just the links within the data updated.
It should be noted that the NHS Prescription Service do not always close practices that are inactive; often a practice will be given a state of ‘Retired’ when it has no practitioners linked to it. This is to prevent unnecessary re-allocation of codes to the same practice, as it can be quite common for a practice to be unused for a short while before coming into use again. A status code of ‘P’ for ‘Proposed’ is also used where practices are included within the file prior to their opening. For these reasons, despite the file being described as containing current GP Practices, it can be important to take note of a record’s status.
About this Dataset
Data Info
Date Created | 2017 |
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Last Modified | 2022-11-25 |
Version | 2022-11-25 |
Update Frequency |
Quarterly |
Temporal Coverage |
N/A |
Spatial Coverage |
England and Wales |
Source | John Snow Labs; data.gov.uk, (National Health Service, England NHS Digital); |
Source License URL | |
Source License Requirements |
N/A |
Source Citation |
N/A |
Keywords | General Medical Practitioners (GPs), GP Practices, General Practitioner, General Practice Doctor, General Doctor, General Medical Practices, National Health Service (NHS), General National Codes (GNC), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), National Administrative Codes Service (NACS) |
Other Titles | General Medical Practitioners Practicing in England and Wales, Current General Practitioners Working in England, List of Registered Medical Practitioners UK, Registered Medical Practitioner Definition UK |
Data Fields
Name | Description | Type | Constraints |
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Organization_Code | An eight digit alpha-numeric code that represents the organization. | string | required : 1 |
Name_of_Organization | Identifies the name of the Health Center. | string | required : 1 |
National_Grouping | A three-digit alpha-numeric code that identifies the National Grouping of the specific Health Center. | string | - |
High_Level_Health_Geography | A specific code that denotes the high-level health geography of a particular health center. | string | required : 1 |
Address_Line1 | Main Address of the health center. | string | - |
Address_Line2 | Secondary address of the health center. | string | - |
Address_Line3 | Remaining part of the address where the health center is located. | string | - |
Address_Line4 | Remaining part of the address where the health center is located. | string | - |
Address_Line5 | Remaining part of the address where the health center is located. | string | - |
Post_Code | The postal code of the health center. | string | - |
Open_Date | The opening date of the health center. | date | - |
Close_Date | The closing date of the health center. | date | - |
Status_Code | A single alphabetical code that depicts the current status of the health center. A = Active, B = Retired, C = Closed, P = Proposed. | string | required : 1enum : Array ( [0] => A [1] => B [2] => C [3] => P ) |
Organization_Sub_Type_Code | A single alphabetical code that depicts whether the Principal/Senior GP at practice or not. P = Principal/Senior GP at practice, O = Other GP in practice (not Principal/Senior GP) | string | required : 1enum : Array ( [0] => P [1] => O ) |
Parent_Organization_Code | A code for GP Practice this GP is linked to. | string | required : 1 |
Joined_Parent_Organization_Date | Date when the organization joined the parent organization. | date | required : 1 |
Left_Parent_Organization_Date | Date when the organization left the parent organization. | date | - |
Contact_Telephone_Number | The telephone number to contact the hospital. | string | - |
Is_Record_Amended | Indicates whether the record is amended or not. | boolean | required : 1 |
Current_Care_Organization_Code | Refers to the Primary Care Organization for the General Medical Practitioners Current or latest GP Practice. | string | - |
Data Preview
Organization Code | Name of Organization | National Grouping | High Level Health Geography | Address Line1 | Address Line2 | Address Line3 | Address Line4 | Address Line5 | Post Code | Open Date | Close Date | Status Code | Organization Sub Type Code | Parent Organization Code | Joined Parent Organization Date | Left Parent Organization Date | Contact Telephone Number | Is Record Amended | Current Care Organization Code |
G0102005 | ALLEN EB | Y11 | QAL | FIRCROFT, LONDON ROAD | ENGLEFIELD GREEN | EGHAM | SURREY | TW20 0BS | 1974-04-01 | A | P | H81600 | 1974-04-01 | 1991-04-01 | False | ||||
G0102926 | ANDERSON MG | Y61 | QUE | LENSFIELD MEDICAL PRAC. | 48 LENSFIELD ROAD | CAMBRIDGE | CAMBRIDGESHIRE | CB2 1EH | 1974-04-01 | A | O | D81001 | 1974-04-01 | 1991-12-31 | 01223 651020 | False | 06H | ||
G0105912 | ADLER S | Y56 | QMJ | 682 FINCHLEY ROAD | GOLDERS GREEN | LONDON | NW11 7NP | 1974-04-01 | A | O | E83600 | 1974-04-01 | 1992-07-31 | 020 84559994 | False | 93C | |||
G0107031 | ATTWOOD DC | Y62 | QOP | GREAT LEVER HEALTH CENTRE | RUPERT STREET,GREAT LEVER | BOLTON | LANCASHIRE | BL3 6RN | 1974-04-01 | A | O | P82013 | 1974-04-01 | 1991-05-25 | 01204 462141 | False | 00T | ||
G0107725 | ALEXANDER PJ | Y01 | QDF | 10 WEST END | SWANLAND | HUMBERSIDE | HU14 3PE | 1974-04-01 | A | P | B81600 | 1974-04-01 | 1994-04-09 | 0482 633570 | False | ||||
G0108018 | ALLDRIDGE DGE | Y59 | QXU | OAKFIELD | 158 STATION ROAD | REDHILL | SURREY | RH1 1HF | 1974-04-01 | A | O | H81083 | 1974-04-01 | 1992-01-02 | 01737 642207 | False | 92A | ||
G0108324 | ANDERSON CF | Y63 | QHM | THE HEALTH CENTRE | LAWSON STREET | STOCKTON ON TEES | CLEVELAND | TS18 1HU | 1974-04-01 | A | O | A81001 | 1974-04-01 | 1991-07-01 | 01642 672351 | False | 16C | ||
G0108867 | ANTHONY RAJ | Y58 | QR1 | THE LECKHAMPTON SURGERY | LLOYD DAVIES HOUSE | 17 MOOREND PARK ROAD | CHELTENHAM | GL53 0LA | 1974-04-01 | A | O | L84040 | 1974-04-01 | 1993-04-27 | 0242 515363 | False | 11M | ||
G0108922 | ASHER PN | Y56 | Q71 | 94-96 HOLLOWAY ROAD | LONDON | N7 8JG | 1974-04-01 | A | O | F83013 | 1974-04-01 | 1995-11-02 | 01716072323 | False | |||||
G0109325 | ARTHUR RA | Y56 | Q71 | 153 CANNON HILL LANE | RAYNES PARK | WEST WIMBLEDON | LONDON | SW20 9DA | 1974-04-01 | A | O | H85016 | 1974-04-01 | 1992-05-01 | 020 85425201 | False |