General practice - demographics data visualisation
Up to 1 October 2023

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 October 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 October 2023, there were 5,961,443 registered patients in Scotland.
• The number of registered patients in Scotland has increased by 2.1% over the past two years.

This plot shows the total number of people registered at practices within Scotland, and demonstrates that there has been a gradual rise over the last two years.

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GP practice demographics for Scotland, 1 October 2023

The number of patients registered in GP practices is larger than the Scottish population as estimated by the National Records of Scotland (NRS). For more information please see Appendix 1 of the latest GP Workforce And Practice List Sizes publication. PHS are investigating this further with the Scottish Government and NRS.

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.

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.

The next release of this publication will be March 2024.