Primary Care Demand and Capacity

Data Catalogue

NHS England Datasets

Name Description Website URL Source URL Specific Source
NHS GP Appointments by Region NHS England / digital published version of GP appointments, by sub-ICB area. (Aug-2024) Website Source Regional_CSV_SuffolkNEEssex.csv
NHS GP Appointments by Region, historical NHS England / digital published version of GP appointments, by sub-ICB area. (Jul-2024) Website Source Regional_CSV_SuffolkNEEssex.csv
2023-24 Monthly Outpatient Referrals Data The Monthly Referral Return (MRR) contains data relating to GP and other referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointments focusing on all treatment functions and specific acute treatment functions. MRR figures are submitted monthly from June 2020 by NHS trusts and independent sector providers treating NHS patients. Website Source Annual CSV 2023-24 Published May 2024 59834.csv
2022-23 Monthly Outpatient Referrals Data The Monthly Referral Return (MRR) contains data relating to GP and other referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointments focusing on all treatment functions and specific acute treatment functions. MRR figures are submitted monthly from June 2020 by NHS trusts and independent sector providers treating NHS patients. Website Source Annual CSV 2022-23 including revisions Oct 22- Feb 23 final 1.csv
2021-22 Monthly Outpatient Referrals Data The Monthly Referral Return (MRR) contains data relating to GP and other referrals for first consultant-led outpatient appointments focusing on all treatment functions and specific acute treatment functions. MRR figures are submitted monthly from June 2020 by NHS trusts and independent sector providers treating NHS patients. Website Source Annual CSV 2021-22 Revised April 23 (inc Oct 21 to Mar 22 revisions).csv
General Practice workforce The General Practice Workforce series of Official Statistics presents a snapshot of the primary care general practice workforce. A snapshot statistic relates to the situation at a specific date, which for these workforce statistics is now the last calendar day each month. This monthly snapshot reflects the general practice workforce at 31 December 2023. These statistics present full-time equivalent (FTE) and headcount figures by four staff groups, (GPs, Nurses, Direct Patient Care (DPC) and administrative staff), with breakdowns of individual job roles within these high-level groups. Website Source 1.General Practice – August 2024 Individual Level.csv
Appointments in General Practice, August 2024 The publication includes important information, however it does not show the totality of GP activity/workload. The data presented only contains information which was captured on the GP practice and PCN appointment systems. This limits the activity reported on and does not represent all work happening within a primary care setting or assess the complexity of activity. Website Source Actual_Duration_CSV_Aug_24.csv
Patients Registered at a GP practice, September 2024 The publication contains data for number of patients registered at GP having details on type of organisation(GP,PCN,ICB,COMM REGION etc) with its org-code & ONS-Code, sex and age group of the patients and the postcode. Data for this publication are extracted each month as a snapshot in time from the Primary Care Registration database within the NHAIS (National Health Application and Infrastructure Services) system. This release is an accurate snapshot as at 1st October 2023. Website Source gp-reg-pat-prac-quin-age.csv


ONS Population Scenarios

Name Description Website URL Source URL Specific Source
Principal projection Population figures over a 25-year period, by single year of age and sex for clinical commissioning groups in England. 2018-based estimates are the latest principal projection. Website Source 2018 SNPP CCG pop persons.csv
10 year migration variant The 10-year migration variant was created because of user demand for analysing the differences arising from migration assumptions based off 10 years of historical data rather than the five years that are used in the principal projection. Website Source 2018 SNPP CCG pop persons.csv
High international migration variant The high and low international migration variants were created to inform user interest in these areas. Website Source 2018 SNPP CCG pop persons.csv
Low international migration variant The high and low international migration variants were created to inform user interest in these areas. Website Source 2018 SNPP CCG pop persons.csv
Alternative internal migration variant The high and low international migration variants were created to inform user interest in these areas. Website Source 2018 SNPP CCG pop persons.csv