Reference - RF3. PCO List Size and GP Count

Access information

To gain access to 'Catalyst', you will be required to input an ID and password:
ID - NHSBSAGuest
Password - Password12345
If the password is locked for any reason the system automatically reinstates the password. This may take up to 20 minutes.

Note that your browser may give you warning that this is part of a data breach. As this is a publicly available user name and password you do not need to take any action and can login using the provided generic user ID and password.

About this dashboard

A monthly report showing the patient list size for each primary care organisation (PCO), split between prescribing and dispensing patients and showing the number of practices and GPs within each organisation.

The report shows:

• PCO name

• organisation code

• practice count

• dispensing list size

• prescribing list size

• total list size

• GP count

Reports are updated each month and are available in Excel, CSV and PDF formats.

The information NHS Prescription Services hold on practices is supplied to NHS Prescription Services by PCOs, which include clinical commissioning groups, local authorities, commissioning hubs (until November 2014) and provider organisations.

Dispensing list size shows the number of patients registered with a doctor who receive both medical services and dispensing services from their doctor. Not all patients registered with a dispensing doctor are eligible to receive dispensing services.

Prescribing list size shows the number of patients registered with a doctor who receive medical services only.

Contact and feedback

If you have any queries regarding the data provided contact data services support If you plan to publish the data include the name of the dataset for reference (this ensures that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented).