The NHS Prescription Services code to identify a GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.
The GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER PPD CODE is based on the NHS England issued DOCTOR INDEX NUMBER and is issued by the NHS Prescription Services. The GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER PPD CODE is the DOCTOR INDEX NUMBER prefixed with a leading character and with a check digit added.
For England and Wales, in addition to a GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER PPD CODE, a GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER may have one or more 'spurious' GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER Code(s).
- These are allocated if a GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER works in additional General Medical Practitioner Practice. The 'spurious' GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER Codes are not derived from the DOCTOR INDEX NUMBER, but do follow the same format as the GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER PPD CODE, and are allocated by the NHS Prescription Services. All 'spurious' GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER Codes begin with either 'G6' or 'G7'.
- For further information on 'spurious' codes , see the NHS Business Services Authority website at: Information on spurious codes.
See the Organisation Data Service pages of the NHS England website at:
Organisation Data Service : Primary Care for further information
- Data Search and Export to access the GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER PPD CODES (click on Reports on the top menu, click on the down arrow next to "Select from a list of Predefined Reports", scroll down to Practitioner Reports: egpcur pcdp (General Medical Practitioners), click the search button and the information will be displayed in column 1 of the report).
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| formerly | GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER (GMP) PPD CODE |
| plural | GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER PPD CODES |