FPS Information Unit
PLEASE NOTE - THIS SITE HAS RECENTLY UNDERGONE REVISION AND SOME LINKS HAVE CHANGED AS A RESULT
The Information Unit within the Family Practitioner Services (FPS) Directorate of the Business Services Organisation provides statistical and research support to BSO and other HSCNI bodies as well as the Department of Health.
Our main customers are the Health and Social Care Board with whom we have a Service Level Agreement.
The staff in the Information Unit are seconded from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).
Information we can provide
We produce a range of statistics for each of the service areas within Family Practitioner Services. This work informs policy, planning and decision making in relation to Family Health Services in Northern Ireland.
If you want a one stop summary of key statistics relating to the work of Family Practitioner Services, please see our Key Facts Summary below.
Current Publication
Date published: 7th July 2022
Date of next release: July 2023
The statistics will be released on this page at 9.30am. If you have issues accessing the information it can also be found on the gov.uk site.
Family Practitioner Services Statistics for Northern Ireland - Key Facts 2021/22
Since the 2019/20 financial year, we have been producing individual annual reports for each FPS service area, along with quarterly updates. We also publish various other reports relating to each service area as well as Personal Protective Equipment Statistics from BSO's Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS).
Please use the icons below or the navigation panel at the right of the page to find these.
 Dental Services Statistics |
 General Medical Services Statistics |
 Ophthalmic Services Statistics |
 Pharmacy Statistics and Data |
 PPE Statistics (COVID-19) |
In the meantime the FPS annual compendium reports are available via the link below.
BSO are a specified producer of official statistics. This means we publish reports and outputs in compliance with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice.
In line with this we have produced a statistics charter and a compliance statement which specifies how we met our obligations to the UK Statistics Authority under the Code of Practice.
Our publication timetable is available at the link below. :
The FPS Privacy Notice explains how your personal data will be used.
User Engagement Event
BSO Information Unit regularly publishes statistics relating to
General Medical Services Statistics (hscni.net)
General Dental Services Statistics (hscni.net)
General Ophthalmic Services Statistics (hscni.net)
General Pharmaceutical Services and Prescribing Statistics (hscni.net)
BSO Information Unit are happy to accept feedback from users about our statistics at any time, but as part of our ongoing commitment to ensure our publications and associated documents continue to meet users’ needs, we are gauging interest in an online event, potentially in February 2023, which would provide an opportunity for users to consider our current publications and any additional requirements you may wish to be included in future publications.
If you feel you would be interested in such an event, please email Info.BSO@hscni.net before 13th January 2023, indicating whether you would prefer the event to consider a single service area or all four service areas.
Honest Broker Service
We also host the Honest Broker Service in conjunction with the BSO Regional Data Warehouse.
The aim of the Honest Broker Service is to enable non-identifiable data to be safely shared to maximise the uses and health service benefits which can be gained from it, including planning, commissioning of services and public health monitoring. The HBS enables access to anonymised, aggregated and in some cases pseudonymised health and social care data to the DoH, HSC organisations and for anonymised data for health and social care related research.
To locate information on 'Routes to Cancer Diagnosis' which was published on 15th January 2020, please follow the link below:
www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/services/3102.htm
Contact Details:
Information and Registration Unit
Family Practitioner Services
Business Services Organisation
2 Franklin Street
Belfast
BT2 8DQ
E-Mail: info.bso@hscni.net
NISRA
For more information on demographics or statistical information for Northern Ireland visit the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency website at http://www.nisra.gov.uk