GP Practice List Sizes Quarterly Patient Counts in Northern Ireland

Quarterly reference file of active GP Practices and their registered patient counts from OpenDataNI. The data includes Local Commissioning Group assignments based on practice postcodes, with two specific practices noted for cross-LCG management. Last updated on July 2, 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitor quarterly changes in GP practice patient loads based on list size data
• Analyze patient distribution across Local Commissioning Groups based on practice postcodes
• Identify GP practices managed by a different LCG than their location, as noted for Practices 473 and 475
• Track regional healthcare capacity trends over time based on quarterly snapshots

Strengths

• Data is updated quarterly, providing regular snapshots of patient registration
• Includes explicit notes on administrative exceptions for two specific GP practices
• Released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating open use

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Collection Method

Administrative collection of GP practice registration statistics

Time Range

Quarterly snapshots, likely spanning multiple years

Freshness

Quarterly updates; last updated 2026-07-02 08:01:16.870976

Geography

Northern Ireland, organized by Local Commissioning Group