GP Practice Maps show practice boundaries, location and population
Pinpointing patients and practice areas Understanding the distribution of patients within a practice area is vital for planning the effective delivery of services to improve healthcare whilst making efficiency savings. GP Practice Maps show practice boundaries, location and population, spread against a range of Ordnance Survey backdrop data including electoral and administrative boundary information and street-level mapping. This helps GPs and other Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to understand where their patients are located in relation to their practice
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boundaries, providing evidence to support primary care contract monitoring, service development and patient registration. As a definitive source of practice boundaries, the map acts as a single shared point of reference which reduces the amount of time spent responding to contractual enquiries, as well as questions about registration from the potential patients. Other information, such as hospitals, can be included on request and the maps are available on demand for those using the HealthGIS portal.
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