About this release

This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) shows a data visualisation of a range of GP practice demographics data, presented by practice, cluster, Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), NHS Board and Scotland. The most recent data presented are up to 1 April 2023.

The visualisation shows practice list sizes by age, sex and deprivation (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation). It also highlights changes in practice populations between quarters and the number of patients registered in the last year.

Main points

  • At 1 April 2023, there were over 5,930,000 registered patients in Scotland. 
  • The number of registered patients in Scotland has increased by over 2% over the past two years.
Image caption GP practice demographics for Scotland, 1 April 2023

The number of patients registered in GP practices is larger than the Scottish population as estimated by the National Records of Scotland. For more information please see Appendix 1 of the latest GP Workforce And Practice List Sizes publication.

The Demographics data visualisation and the data behind this dashboard can be viewed at the Demographics Visualisation Home Page. The data is available to download from the data files section.

Call for feedback

We recently revamped the format and content of this Dashboard. If you have any feedback relating to the data currently included that you do not find of use or further information you would like considered for inclusion, please email phs.generalpractice@phs.scot. We request that in your feedback you include details of what you use the data for to best inform our review work.

Further information

For trend analysis of the GP work force and practice list sizes please see the annual GP Workforce and Practice List Sizes publication.

Lists of all GPs and practices in Scotland are updated quarterly on the General Practice web page.

General enquiries

If you have an enquiry relating to this publication, please email phs.generalpractice@phs.scot.

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Older versions of this publication

Versions of this publication released before 16 March 2020 may be found on the Data and Intelligence, Health Protection Scotland or Improving Health websites.

Last updated: 21 March 2024
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