Dear Colleague ( Practice Manager and GP),
As you know NHS Digital extract data from the Primary Care Web Tool on a quarterly basis and publish reports on workforce – the next extract is scheduled for 30 June. It is essential that we have accurate workforce data to drive further investment and activity to support workforce growth as required. Therefore, please may I request that you urgently update workforce data on the Primary Care Web Tool or local HEE Tool as part of your contractual obligation by Thursday 29 June in order to influence the June 30 data extraction.
Practices have been asked to ensure that they complete and maintain workforce data on either the Primary Care Web Tool or local HEE Tool. Data quality has been improving but currently there are 129 practices in London that have were excluded last quarter (published on 23 May). For these practices NHS Digital applies an estimate of workforce and so while the numbers are not entirely lost, the reliability of the published data is compromised.
NHS England (London)
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