General practice - demographics data visualisation
Up to 31 March 2024
An Official Statistics publication for Scotland
- Published
- 28 May 2024 (Latest release)
- Type
- Statistical report
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
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 31 March 2024.
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 31 March 2024, there were 5,988,785 registered patients in Scotland.
- The number of registered patients in Scotland has increased by 2.2 % over the past two years.
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 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
Data from this publication are available from the publication page on our website.
The next release of this publication will be August 2024.
General enquiries
If you have an enquiry relating to this publication, please contact Debbie Cannon at 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.