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<p>The number of patients treated by doctors in general practice is not collected
or held centrally. The number of general practitioner (GP) appointments is not collected
or held centrally. NHS Digital and NHS England are currently undergoing a review process
on these appointments data. When this is published it will not include retrospective
appointment data.</p><p> </p><p>The number of registered patients at GP practices
in England has been collected since April 2013 and is presented in the following table.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Number of patients registered at
a GP practice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>56,043,609</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>56,442,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>57,011,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>57,631,776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>58,328,549</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The data presented covers England only.</li><li>Data snapshot
extracted on 1 April from NHS Digital maintained GP Payments system.</li></ol><p>The
data does not go back further than April 2013.</p>
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