FOI Ref: 0118FOI2021

24th November 2020

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below:

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act I wish to request the following information.

Please provide the number of GPs currently working in your area broken down into the following age categories:

• Under 30
• 30-34
• 35-39
• 40-44
• 45-49
• 55-59
• 60-64
• 65+
• Unknown

Please also provide the same data for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Any of the beginning of the calendar year, financial year or the point at which your CCG measured the information during that year are fine.

If you are a commissioning support unit or other collective please provide this information for all CCGs you cover.

Response

The information you have requested is collected centrally and published monthly by NHS Digital – please see:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/30-september-2020

To access the information you require please:     

1. Go to General Practice Workforce interactive dashboard
2. Click on ‘Headcount and Full-Time Equivalent Time Series by various filters
3. Go to the middle report ‘All Staff Groups, Headcount and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) by Job Role and Age Band’ to
4. Select required CCG