A subtype of CARE PROFESSIONAL.
A health care practitioner qualified for General Practice, providing healthcare for a particular ORGANISATION.
Subtypes of GENERAL PRACTITIONER are:
GENERAL PRACTITIONER may be abbreviated to GP.
For GENERAL PRACTITIONERS working in hospitals, the following codes should be used:
- if the GENERAL PRACTITIONER is working as an assistant, use the code of the responsible GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER (SPECIFIED)
- if the GENERAL PRACTITIONER is working as a GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER (SPECIFIED), use the GENERAL PRACTITIONER's GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL REFERENCE NUMBER.
This class is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| shortname | GP |
| plural | GENERAL PRACTITIONERS |
