General Medical Practitioner (Registered)

Change History
DDCN 2013 / 10	Redundant Data Items
DSCN 2012 / 05	GP Practice Code

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	1^st April 1999
EAL ds	1^st April 1999
OP ds	1^st April 1999

This is the code of the GMP with whom the patient is registered.

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 can be viewed on the Health Reference Data Web Pages on 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

See Referrer Code