Sources and licences
Everything on this site is built from open data. Below is each source, what we use it for, the period it covers and the attribution its licence asks for.
2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
GP Patient Survey 2026, practice-level and national results (weighted CSVs), with the list of reporting variables and the presentation-of-results table
- Used for
- Patient experience in every rating (70%), and every survey figure.
- Period
- GPPS 2026 (survey fieldwork early 2026)
- Downloaded
- 20 October 2026
- Licence
- Reuse confirmed in writing by the GP Patient Survey team at Ipsos on 20 October 2026. Source line: 2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
Attribution:
- 2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
Files
- https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/FileDownload/Download?fileRedirect=2026%2Fsurvey-results%2Fpractice-results%2Fpractice-data-csv%2FGPPS_2026_Practice_data_(weighted)_(csv)_PUBLIC.csv
- https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/FileDownload/Download?fileRedirect=2026%2Fsurvey-results%2Fnational-results%2Fnational-data-csv%2FGPPS_2026_National_data_(weighted)_(csv)_PUBLIC.csv
- https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/FileDownload/Download?fileRedirect=2026%2Fsurvey-results%2Fsupporting-documents%2Flist-of-reporting-variables-csv-files%2FGPPS_2026_List_of_reporting_variables_PUBLIC.xlsx
- https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/FileDownload/Download?fileRedirect=2026%2Fsurvey-results%2Fsupporting-documents%2Fpresentation-of-results%2FGPPS_2026_Presentation_of_results_PUBLIC.xlsx
ODS GP practice records (epraccur), sub-ICB membership (epcmem) and PCN partners (epcncorepartnerdetails)
- Used for
- Which practices are open, their names, addresses, codes, phone numbers and primary care networks.
- Period
- Current at fetch (2026-10-20)
- Downloaded
- 20 October 2026
- Licence
- NHS England Digital terms of use s.8.1: Open Government Licence. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
Attribution:
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
Postcode centroids and local authority districts for practice postcodes (postcodes.io bulk lookup of ONSPD data, ONSPD ArcGIS service for misses and a cross-check, LAD names from the LAD26 ward lookup)
- Used for
- Where each practice is, its local authority area, and distances.
- Period
- Postcode lookups current at fetch (2026-10-20); LAD26 codes and names
- Downloaded
- 20 October 2026
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 (ONS). Contains OS and Royal Mail data.
Attribution:
- Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
- Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
- Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
CQC latest ratings, "Locations" sheet (GP practices, overall rating)
- Used for
- The CQC rating shown beside ours. Never part of our rating.
- Period
- CQC database as at 1 October 2026
- Downloaded
- 20 October 2026
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0. You must acknowledge CQC as the source of the data.
Attribution:
- Contains information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence. CQC must be acknowledged as the source of the data; CQC is not responsible for our analysis.
Appointments in General Practice, practice-level crosstab (June to August 2026, the August 2026 zip)
- Used for
- Appointments within two weeks of booking, the second part of every rating (30%), as NHS England counts them for its indicator ACC-08, over the latest three months. On practice pages also the number of appointments, the share booked for the same day, the share face to face and the wait for routine and urgent consultations, as facts that are not part of the rating.
- Period
- June to August 2026 (facts: August 2026)
- Downloaded
- 22 October 2026
- Licence
- NHS England Digital terms of use s.8.1: Open Government Licence. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
Attribution:
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
General Practice Workforce, practice level (detailed CSV)
- Used for
- Registered patients and GPs (full-time equivalent) on practice pages, and our own figure of registered patients per qualified permanent GP. Never part of our rating.
- Period
- August 2026
- Downloaded
- 20 October 2026
- Licence
- NHS England Digital terms of use s.8.1: Open Government Licence. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
Attribution:
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
Quality and Outcomes Framework 2025-26, achievement files (childhood vaccinations and cervical screening)
- Used for
- Childhood vaccinations and cervical screening on practice pages, as the number of patients out of those eligible. Never part of our rating, and not ranked.
- Period
- 2025-26 (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026)
- Downloaded
- 20 October 2026
- Licence
- NHS England Digital terms of use s.8.1: Open Government Licence. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
Attribution:
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
Antibiotic prescribing by GP practice (OHID Fingertips, AMR local indicators 91900 and 91898)
- Used for
- Antibiotic items per STAR-PU and the broad-spectrum share on practice pages, from NHS Business Services Authority prescribing data. Never part of our rating, and not ranked.
- Period
- Calendar quarters 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (April 2025 to March 2026)
- Downloaded
- 22 October 2026
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 (OHID Fingertips: "Content is available under the Open Government Licence unless otherwise stated", Crown copyright). Built on NHS Business Services Authority prescribing data, also Open Government Licence.
Attribution:
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Antibiotic prescribing: UK Health Security Agency and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (Fingertips), from NHS Business Services Authority prescribing data.
Friends and Family Test, GP practices (monthly workbook, "Practices" sheet)
- Used for
- Friends and Family Test answers on practice pages. Never part of our rating, and not compared between practices, as NHS England advises.
- Period
- FFT GP data for 2026-06
- Downloaded
- 20 October 2026
- Licence
- NHS England Digital terms of use s.8.1: Open Government Licence. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
Attribution:
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
Postcode search
The postcode search on the home page asks postcodes.io, a free service built on the same ONS, Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail open data, for the location of the postcode you type. Your browser sends it directly; we do not receive it.
The map
The map’s base layer is an England extract of Protomaps’ build of OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence. We serve it ourselves, so viewing the map sends nothing to a map provider.
Each practice is placed at the centre of its postcode (from the postcode lookup above), not at its building. A postcode covers about 15 addresses on average, which is close enough for a map. Practices that share a postcode, often several practices in one health centre, share one point, and clicking it lists them all.
Services that are not ordinary practices
NHS England’s organisation register gives special allocation schemes, walk-in centres, extended-hours hubs and practices for one group of people the same codes as any other GP practice. We find them by name, by list size and by the age and sex of their registered patients (General Practice Workforce, August 2026), and check each one against what the service itself, the NHS website, the Care Quality Commission or the commissioning NHS body says it is for. Each is recorded with the page we checked, on 21 October 2026. What this changes on the site.
Other data we hold but do not show yet
We have also downloaded NHS England’s Quality and Outcomes Framework figures for 2025-26. They are not shown on the site and are never part of the rating. If we add them, it will be as separate facts with their own source lines.
Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/