General Practice Staffing in England by Region and Practice

Provisional experimental statistics detail the numbers and types of General Practitioners working in England for December 2016. The data is broken down by NHS England Regions, Local Offices, Clinical Commissioning Groups, and individual practices. Cambridgeshire Insight published this snapshot as part of a series on the NHS workforce.

Use Cases

• Analyze GP headcount trends over time using the provided time series data.
• Compare GP density and types across different NHS England Regions and Clinical Commissioning Groups.
• Assess workforce composition at the practice level for resource allocation planning.

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated to the practice level for detailed analysis.
• Includes a provisional time series for tracking changes over time.

Limitations

• Data is provisional and experimental, indicating potential methodological instability.
• Limited to a single snapshot month (December 2016), offering no recent updates.
• Excludes other practice staff groups like nurses, providing an incomplete workforce view.

Provenance

Source

NHS Digital via Cambridgeshire Insight

Collection Method

Administrative records from General Practice

Time Range

December 2016 (with historical time series)

Freshness

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Geography

England, by NHS Regions, Local Offices, CCGs, and practices