General Medical Practitioner (Antenatal Care)

Change History

 

DSCN 2023 / 30

Admitted Patient Care Data Set – Retirement of Maternity Tail Data Items

DDCN 2013 / 10

Redundant Data Items

DDCN 2012 / 06

To remove all references to 'Health Solutions Wales', 'Business Services Centre' and 'Information Products Unit' and replace with 'NHS Wales Informatics Service'

 

This data item is / was included in the following data sets / collections between the dates shown:

 

Data Set / Collection

Valid From

Valid To

APC ds99

1st April 1999

30th June 2023

 

This is the code of the GP responsible for the antenatal care of the patient.

 

Format: 8 character alpha-numeric

Value

Meaning

GNNNNNNN

A code issued by the Department of Health (DH) for practising GP's in Wales and England. The codes are available from the NHS Wales Informatics Service or via the Intranet service HOWIS.

G9999981

No registered GP

 

Note 1: MOD and prison doctors are not GMPs and should not be recorded as Registered GMPs. In this instance use the default code of G9999981' is to be used.

Note 2: When a locum refers, use the code of the GP for whom the locum is acting.

 

See GP Code (Antenatal Care)