FOI-03865

##Request 

<p><i>‘Kindly provide the following information:</i></p>

<p><i>1. The number of unique GP Practice Employers with at least one ACTIVE officer member @ 31st May 2026</i></p>

<p><i>2. The number of Scheme Members (Officer Status so not Practitioners) employed by a GP Practice that were ACTIVE @ 31st May 2026</i></p>

<p><i>3. The number of Scheme Members (Officer Status so not Practitioners) employed by a GP Practice that were not updated to 31/03/26 @ 31st May 2026</i></p>

<p><i>4. The number of Scheme Members (Officer Status so not Practitioners) where you could not update the individual pension record and where the error is now "Employer Owned" the GP Practice when submitting their data for Year-End 31/03/26</i></p>

<p><i>5. Please provide a breakdown of the total number of Employer Owned Errors where the error is now "Employer Owned" the GP Practice @ 31st May 20265</i></p>

<p><i>The above information will include, Annual Updates, Joiners, leavers etc’</i></p>

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 1 June 2026.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 

##Our response 

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached. 

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. 

__Employer Type__

The employer type (for example, GP Practice), is only recorded while the employer remains active. If an employer closes, the type is updated to ‘OLD’, which means it can no longer be identified as a GP Practice. For the purpose of this FOI, it will only impact those GP Practices which have closed since 31 May 2026.  

__Practitioners__

A practitioner is defined as any member with practitioner service. Where a member holds both practitioner and officer service concurrently, the practitioner service takes priority. In the unlikely event that a practitioner has active officer service with a GP Practice, they will be excluded from the results.  

__Non-updated records__

A record is considered ‘non-updated’ where employment commenced before 31 March 2026 but has not yet been updated to 31 March 2026. Some members highlighted in Q1 may have commenced after 1 April 2026, and therefore are not due an annual update. These members are out of scope for questions 3-4.  

__Member volumes__

Volumes given are based on unique count of members. Some may have multiple posts with the same employer or a different employer, which may or not be a GP Practice.  

__Error handling__

We are unable to identify which specific employment records could not be updated and therefore entered error handling. We have provided the volume of non-updated GP Practice posts for members who also have an employer-owned error for the same employer code. However, the employer-owned error may not relate to the post or year in question.   

The table shows the breakdown of all employer-owned errors for GP Practices, including those relating to non-active members. The year the error relates to cannot be identified. This data is correct as at the day the data was gathered (4 June 2026). 

__Definitions__

Active Member – Member had an ongoing employment.  

Practitioner – An employment marked as having an employment type 5 (Principal Practitioner), 6 (Assistant Practitioner) or 9 (GP Locum/ Locum Practitioner)  

Employing Authority – The organisation responsible for updating each member’s pension record and managing their employment.   

__Data Queries__

Please contact <a href=mailto:foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk>foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</a> ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data. 

__Reusing the data and copyright__

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact <a href=mailto:communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk>communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk</a>. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at: 

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2026”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. 

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