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FOI 2023 77 - Branch Surgeries in Wales

 

Information Requested:

We have heard (through an external data supplier) that there may be roughly 160 ‘Branch Surgeries’ in Wales, which are essentially ‘secondary’ locations for Practices. This information does not appear to be on the NHS Wales website, or there is no flag in the current set of released datasets to indicate which Surgeries may be Branches of other Practices.
Would it be possible to request a list of all active Branch Surgeries in Wales, with a unique identifier, address and open date, along with a reference (Practice Code) to the ‘Main’ Practice they are linked to?
If possible, it would also be great to understand how many active GPs operate from the Branch Surgery as well, and how many operate from the Main Practice. 
In terms of data format, we can work with anything, but Excel or CSV would be the preference.

 

Information provided for the answer:

Thank you for your recent request dated 6th June 2023.

Public Health Wales does not hold the information requested.

As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of Health Boards and frequently do not have access to the data that they produce. They may hold the information requested.

I have provided contact details for each Health Board below, you would need to contact them individually.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/

Swansea Bay University Health Board

https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/

Hywel Dda University Health Board

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085

Powys Teaching Health Board

http://www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information

NHS Shared Services Partnership

Making a Freedom of Information Request - NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

John Lawson
Head of Information Governance
Public Health Wales NHS Trust
 
 

 


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