Thank you for your request for information about the following:

This is a FOIA request from NHSBSA. How many single-handed GMS GP practices are there in West Midland? I would like to know the names of the practices and the total number of patients each practice have currently.

Your request was received on 2 October 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Summary of Response

Data Source: NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse

Contents: List of all current GP practices with General Medical Services contracts in the Midlands Region and list size

Time Period: Correct on the day the data was run, 15/11/2023

Organisation Level: The data is shown for all GP practices in Midlands Region (Y60). Limited to open GP practices with a General Medical Services contract

List Size: The number of patients registered with the practice (including temporary residents and over 65s). List size is recorded monthly, and at practice level.

Exclusions: Note this request is correct according to the data provided to NHSBSA by 15/11/2023. All data is reliant on timely and accurate updates from the practices.

Please be advised that this information is publicly available should you wish to obtain this data directly yourself. To do this, please see the link below to Catalyst - our public insight portal where you can log in as a guest user: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/access-our-data-products/catalyst

To log into Catalyst you will be required to input an ID and password, they are:

ID – NHSBSAGuest Password – Password1234

Once logged in, GP count information is available under: -Reports -Organisational & Demographic Information (Beta) -Practice List Size and GP Count (RF2) -Filter by region: MIDLANDS (Y60) and click apply

This will provide data which includes GP count for practices in the Midlands, and can be filtered down by practice. Please be advised that we do not hold a specific region or SICBL for West Midlands.

Please note that this response will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01462