Practitioner is limited to the data published by ODS which mainly includes Prescribers, (e.g. nurse prescribers and General Medical Practitioners) plus the NHS England Workforce data for Dental and Hospital Consultants.
Scope:
- General Practitioners (GPs)
- Nurse Prescribers
- Private Controlled Drug Prescribers
- Hospital Consultants
- Dental Consultants
Practitioner Data Attributes
Master Data Attribute (ODS Internal Reference) | Attribute Type | Length | Nullable | Description / Notes | Mapping to ODS Data Search & Export field (excluding predefined reports) | Mapping to ORD API (ORD schema containers, elements and attributes) | Mapping to ODS STU3 API | Mapping to ODS FHIR R4 API Please refer to ODS FHIR R4 Implementation Guide and the OAS Specification |
| ODS Practitioner CodeSystem | ||||||||
| PractitionerID | [nvarchar] | 12 | NOT NULL | Future model would see this as a unique practitioner identifier (new) - at present for beta, this is a practitioner prescriber ID.
| Only available via Pre Defined reports that replicate the legacy ODS practitioner csv files | Not available | Not available | concept.code property.[typeID] |
| PractitionerName | [nvarchar] | 100 | NOT NULL | As defined in 3rd party raw data (not ODS) | Only available via Pre Defined reports that replicate the legacy ODS practitioner csv files | Not available | Not available | concept.display property.name |
| Gender | [nvarchar] | 1 | NULL | Not populated as no reliable data source | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| LastChangeDate | [nvarchar] | 8 | NOT NULL | Date on which the record was last updated (or date record added to ODS if new). | Not available | Not available | Not available | property.lastChangeDate |