Introduction

1.1 This assessment considered the following statistics about Family Practitioner Services in Northern Ireland, published by the Health and Social Care Business Services Organisation (BSO): 

• General Pharmaceutical Services and Prescribing Statistics  
• General Dental Services Statistics  
• General Ophthalmic Services Statistics  
• General Medical Services Statistics  
• Family Practitioner Services Compendium  
• Prescription Cost Analysis  

1.2 Through the developments made to the statistics over the last few years, and in requesting this assessment, the team at BSO has demonstrated a strong commitment to the standards required of the Code of Practice for Statistics. 

1.3 We judge that these statistics meet the highest standards of the Code. We have not identified any requirements for the statistics to achieve National Statistics status. OSR therefore recommends that the UK Statistics Authority designate the statistics as National Statistics.