2007/08 statistics from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency relating to General Medical, Dental, Ophthalmic and Pharmaceutical Services. The report examines the number of GPs, Dentists, Optometrists, and Pharmacies, along with related service statistics such as registered patients, practitioners, and prescriptions dispensed. It is designated as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics.
Use Cases
- Analyze the distribution of healthcare practitioners (GPs, Dentists, Optometrists) based on the reported counts.
- Study patient registration patterns for primary care services in Northern Ireland.
- Examine pharmaceutical service utilization based on the number of prescriptions dispensed.
- Benchmark service capacity across different family practitioner service types (Medical, Dental, Ophthalmic, Pharmaceutical).
Strengths
- Official statistics produced by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
- Covers four distinct family practitioner service domains (General Medical, Dental, Ophthalmic, Pharmaceutical) for a single fiscal year.
- Includes multiple related metrics such as practitioner counts, registered patients, and prescriptions.
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data is from the 2007/08 period; freshness should be verified for contemporary analysis.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and granularity require manual inspection.
Provenance
- Source
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Collection Method
- Official administrative statistics.
- Time Range
- 2007/08
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:23.606799; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Northern Ireland