Number of active general practices by number of staff and local health board

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
Data description	Shown in table	Number of Practices	Value cannot be changed
Staff Measure	Shown in table	All 2 values	Change values
Number of staff	Shown in table	All 6 values	Change values
Date	Shown in table	All 41 values	Change values
Local health board	Shown in table	All 11 values	Change values

Table

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [r] = revised, [z] = not applicable.

Data values	Data description	Staff Measure	Number of staff	Date	Local health board
368	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Wales
368	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Wales
96	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
96	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
16	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Powys Teaching Health Board
16	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Powys Teaching Health Board
47	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Hywel Dda University Health Board
47	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Hywel Dda University Health Board
44	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Swansea Bay University Health Board
44	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Swansea Bay University Health Board
44	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
44	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
67	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
67	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
54	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
54	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/09/2025	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
370	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/06/2025	Wales
370	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/06/2025	Wales
96	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/06/2025	Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
96	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/06/2025	Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
16	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/06/2025	Powys Teaching Health Board
16	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/06/2025	Powys Teaching Health Board
47	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/06/2025	Hywel Dda University Health Board
47	Number of Practices	all staff including GP locums	All	30/06/2025	Hywel Dda University Health Board
44	Number of Practices	all staff excluding GP locums	All	30/06/2025	Swansea Bay University Health Board

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Metadata

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Next update expected:June 2026

Updates

• 30th April 2026:

  This update includes the publication of September 2025 data.

  For the staff measure: 'all staff including GP locums', practice size data is no longer shown for March 2020 to March 2021, as locum data only became available from June 2021. The practice size data shown previously was the same as 'all staff excluding GP locums'.

• 16th October 2025: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider 1: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
• Data source 1: Locum Hub Wales (LHW)
• Data provider 2: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
• Data source 2: Primary Care Workforce Intelligence System
• Data provider 3: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
• Data source 3: Wales National Workforce Reporting System (WNWRS)
• Time period covered: September 2015 to September 2025

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  The information presented here shows the number of active general practices by practice size and local health board at every quarterly snapshot date since 30 September 2015.

• Data collection or calculation:

  Practice size is defined as the number of overall staff (headcount) in a practice, grouped into bands of 10. The data are presented with locums (temporary staff) both included and excluded in the total headcount determining the practice size.

  From 30 September 2025, general practice workforce data are sourced from the Primary Care Workforce Intelligence System (PCWIS), which supersedes the Wales National Workforce Reporting System (WNWRS) that had been the data source since 2020.

• Statistical quality:

  The practice size breakdown is only available from March 2020 onwards in-line with the dates where we have received data from the Welsh National Workforce Reporting System (WNWRS).

  Locum headcount is not available before June 2021 and is therefore not part of the total headcount used to determine practice size in the ‘all staff including GP locums’ data before this date. For comparisons across periods before and after June 2021, we recommend using the ‘all staff excluding GP locums’ data, as it excludes locums at all snapshot dates.

  Up to March 2019, general practices in Bridgend were categorised as part of the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board. From June 2019, they have been categorised as part of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. There is a step-change in the data as a result.

• Related reports:
  • Statistical Release

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: stats.healthinfo@gov.wales