Publication, Part of General Ophthalmic Services Workforce Statistics
General Ophthalmic services workforce statistics - 31 December 2019
Methodology
An annual extract is downloaded from the Central Ophthalmic Payments system containing the following data items:
Data Items |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Org Code |
3-digit code denoting the NHS England region/LHB where the practitioner provides services. |
| Org Name | The name of the organisation. |
| GOC | 6-digit General Optical Council (GOC) professional registration number. |
| Uniform List Number | A person identifier - a concatenation of Ophthalmic list type (OPL, SOL, OL), GOC and Org Code |
| Surname | Surname of the practitioner |
| Other Names | Forename(s) of the practitioner |
| GMC | 7-digit General Medical Council (GMC) professional registration number – only applicable to OMPs. |
| Date of Birth | Date of birth of the practitioner |
| Sex | Practitioner gender, Male or Female |
| Optician Group | Denotes whether practitioner is an Optometrist or OMP |
| Start Date | Date when a record opens on Open Exeter |
| End Date | Date when a record closes on Open Exeter |
The data processing steps are:
- Checks on completeness of data fields particularly GOC, GMC, gender and the organisation code for each practitioner.
- Removal of records not open on the snapshot date (31 December), either with a start date after the extract date, or an end date prior to the extract date.
- Data is divided into separate England / Wales datasets using organisation code.
- England only – check practitioners are Ophthalmic Performers List (OPL) staff. Using unique identifiers (GOC/GMC/Surname) duplicates are removed. An OPL practitioner can only appear on the list of one region.
- Wales only – check practitioners are Ophthalmic List (OL) or Supplementary Ophthalmic List (SOL) staff. Using unique identifiers (GOC/GMC/Surname) duplicates are removed according to the Welsh regulations. Practitioners can appear on the OL in more than one LHB. They cannot be on the SOL if an OL. If a practitioner is only on the SOL they can only be on the list of one LHB.
- Produce the final publication statistics from these England and Wales datasets.
Last edited: 7 March 2024 5:27 pm