FOI-03985

##Request Please answer the following questions in relation to patients registered with GP practices in England, providing data for each of the last five financial years (2021/22 to 2025/26 inclusive) where held. 1. How many patients were removed from GP practice lists in each year following list reconciliation, validation or cleansing processes (including removals following FP69 flags, Personal Demographics Service tracing, or equivalent processes)? Please break down removals by reason where recorded — for example: deceased, moved or untraced at registered address, duplicate registration, embarkation/left the country. 2. What was the average annual payment made to GP practices per registered patient in each year (global sum per weighted patient and, if readily available, average total funding per registered patient)? 3. What is the most recent estimate held by NHS England of the number of patients registered with GP practices who are deceased, no longer resident at their registered address, or no longer resident in England, and of the annual cost of capitation payments made in respect of such patients? 4. How much funding was recovered from, or deducted from future payments to, GP practices in each year as a result of patients being removed from lists retrospectively? The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 21 July 2026. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). ##Our response I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA. ##Advice and assistance Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that NHS England may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at: NHS England PO Box 16738 Redditch B97 9PT Telephone 0300 311 22 33 Email: [email protected] Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/ Following the announcement on 13 March 2025 regarding the disbanding of NHS England, please be assured that at this time they can be contacted for information as normal.