General Practice Locations in England, 2006

England's static point locations for General Practice surgeries, sourced from administrative data. The dataset contains grid-referenced locations for GP services, published by the Office for National Statistics. It covers the year 2006 and excludes mobile services, walk-in centers, and home visits.

Use Cases

• Analyzing geographic distribution and density of primary healthcare providers based on the grid-referenced locations.
• Modeling healthcare service accessibility for population studies based on the static point location data.
• Mapping the location of General Practice surgeries for resource planning and infrastructure analysis.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from authoritative administrative bodies: the Health and Social Care Information Centre and the Office for National Statistics.
• Provides a specific geographic scope (England) and temporal snapshot (2006).
• Clearly defines coverage, noting it includes static locations and excludes mobile or walk-in services.

Limitations

• Data is from a single year (2006), which may limit contemporary analysis without updated records.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring inspection after download.
• The description notes the dataset does not cover other health service types like mobile GPs or walk-in centers.

Provenance

Source

Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Office for National Statistics Access to Services Team

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2006

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:32.429999; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2006.

Geography

England