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Updated the dataset with the latest available data - now via an API refreshed on a daily basis. R script changed accordingly to now access the data via API.
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‎general_practice/README.md‎

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<td>Publisher URL</td>
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<td><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-downloads/gp-and-gp-practice-related-data"></a>https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-downloads/gp-and-gp-practice-related-data</td>
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<td><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-search-and-export/csv-downloads/gp-and-gp-practice-related-data">https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-search-and-export/csv-downloads/gp-and-gp-practice-related-data</a></td>
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<td>Geography</td>
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<td>Temporal coverage</td>
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<td>NA</td>
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<td>Latest data correct at 2026-01-23</td>
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<td>Update frequency</td>
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<td>Quarterly</td>
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<td>Daily</td>
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<td>Licence</td>
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<td>Last updated</td>
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<td>2023-06-14</td>
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<td>2026-01-23</td>
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<td>Notes</td>
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<td>The postcodes for GP Practices are matched with centroids derived from the May 2023 release of the <a href="https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/ons-postcode-directory-may-2023/about">ONS Postcode Directory</a></td>
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<td>The postcodes for GP Practices are matched with centroids derived from the November 2025 release of the <a href="https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/ons::ons-postcode-directory-november-2025-for-the-uk/about">ONS Postcode Directory</a></td>
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<td>Lab visualisation</td>

‎general_practice/pre-processing.R‎

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# GP Practices in England and Wales #
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# GP Practices in Trafford - from the complete dataset for England and Wales.
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# Source: NHS Digital
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# Publisher URL: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-downloads/gp-and-gp-practice-related-data
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# Publisher URL: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/data-search-and-export/csv-downloads/gp-and-gp-practice-related-data
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# Dateset URL: https://www.odsdatasearchandexport.nhs.uk/api/getReport?report=epraccur
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# Metadata URL: https://www.odsdatasearchandexport.nhs.uk/referenceDataCatalogue/565791179.html#GPPractices(PrescribingCostCentres)-epraccur.csv
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# Licence: Open Government Licence
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library(tidyverse) ; library(lubridate)
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# **Useful information from FAQ section of the API Help and Guidance document available on https://www.odsdatasearchandexport.nhs.uk/:**
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#
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# How do I find a list of English GP Practices?
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#
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# English GP Practices codes are created primarily for prescribing, they therefore have a primary role of RO177 Prescribing Cost Centre.
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# The non primary role of RO76 GP Practice allows GP Practice records to be distinguished from other prescribing cost centres/settings (such as Walk in Centres).
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# Refer to the Prescribing Cost Centre section within the Reference Data Catalogue for further information. (James Austin NOTE: this is the metadata URL above.)
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# download and unzip data
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url <- "https://files.digital.nhs.uk/assets/ods/current/epraccur.zip"
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download.file(url, dest = "epraccur.zip")
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unzip("epraccur.zip", exdir = ".")
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file.remove("epraccur.zip")
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# The information is refreshed at 2am each night.
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# read data
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df <- read_csv("epraccur.csv",
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# provide variable names
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library(tidyverse) ; library(httr) ; library(jsonlite) ; library(sf) ; library(lubridate)
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# Read in data via the API and replace codes with meanings via the metadata information
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df <- read_csv("https://www.odsdatasearchandexport.nhs.uk/api/getReport?report=epraccur",
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# Provide variable names as the file only contains data starting on the first row.
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# These names come from the "Report Alias (legacy csv) column on the metadata page (see URL above)
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# Only changes are the fields containing LegalStartDate/LegalEndDate. There are duplicates of these
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# specified on the page, so I've had to differentiate using the legacy names.
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col_names = c(
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"Organisation Code", "Name", "National Grouping",
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"High Level Health Geography", "Address Line 1",
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"Address Line 2", "Address Line 3", "Address Line 4",
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"Address Line 5", "Postcode", "Open Date", "Close Date",
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"Status Code", "Organisation Sub-Type Code", "Commissioner",
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"OrganisationCode", "OrgName", "NHSER_code", "ICB_code",
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"Address1", "Address2", "Address3", "Town", "County", "Postcode",
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"Open Date", "Close Date", "StatusName", "Primary Role / OrgTypeID", "TargetOrgCode",
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"Join Provider/Purchaser Date", "Left Provider/Purchaser Date",
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"Contact Telephone Number", "Null", "Null", "Null",
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"Amended Record Indicator", "Null", "Provider/Purchaser",
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"Null", "Prescribing Setting", "Null")) %>%
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"TelephoneNumber", "NULL", "NULL", "NULL",
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"Amended Record Indicator", "NULL", "TargetOrgCode",
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"NULL", "RoleID", "NULL")) %>%
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# recode values
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mutate(`Status Code` =
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fct_recode(`Status Code`,
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"Active" = "A", "Closed" = "C", "Dormant" = "D",
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"Proposed" = "P"),
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`Organisation Sub-Type Code` =
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fct_recode(`Organisation Sub-Type Code`,
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mutate(`Primary Role / OrgTypeID` =
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fct_recode(`Primary Role / OrgTypeID`,
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"Allocated to a Provider/Purchaser Organisation" = "B",
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"Not allocated to a Provider/Purchaser Organisation" = "Z"),
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`Prescribing Setting` =
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fct_recode(as.character(`Prescribing Setting`),
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"Other" = "0", "WIC Practice" = "1", "OOH Practice" = "2",
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"WIC + OOH Practice" = "3", "GP Practice" = "4",
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"Public Health Service" = "8", "Community Health Service" = "9",
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"Hospital Service" = "10", "Optometry Service" = "11",
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"Urgent & Emergency Care" = "12", "Hospice" = "13",
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"Care Home / Nursing Home" = "14", "Border Force" = "15",
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"Young Offender Institution" = "16", "Secure Training Centre" = "17",
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"Secure Children's Home" = "18", "Immigration Removal Centre" = "19",
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"Court" = "20", "Police Custody" = "21",
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"Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC)" = "22",
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"Other – Justice Estate" = "24", "Prison" = "25")) %>%
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RoleID =
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fct_recode(as.character(RoleID),
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"Other" = "RO72", "WIC Practice" = "RO87", "OOH Practice" = "RO80",
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"WIC + OOH Practice" = "RO80|RO87", "GP Practice" = "RO76",
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"Public Health Service" = "RO255", "Community Health Service" = "RO247",
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"Hospital Service" = "RO250", "Optometry Service" = "RO252",
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"Urgent & Emergency Care" = "RO259", "Hospice" = "RO249",
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"Care Home / Nursing Home" = "RO246", "Border Force" = "RO245",
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"Young Offender Institution" = "RO260", "Secure Training Centre" = "RO257",
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"Secure Children's Home" = "RO256", "Immigration Removal Centre" = "RO251",
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"Court" = "RO248", "Police Custody" = "RO254",
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"Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC)" = "RO258",
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"Other – Justice Estate" = "RO253", "Prison" = "RO82",
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"Primary Care Network" = "RO321", "Independent Pharmacy Prescriber Pathfinder" = "RO323")) %>%
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mutate(`Open Date` = as_date(as.character(`Open Date`)),
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`Close Date` = as_date(as.character(`Close Date`))) %>%
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`Close Date` = as_date(as.character(`Close Date`)),
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`Join Provider/Purchaser Date` = as_date(as.character(`Join Provider/Purchaser Date`)),
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`Left Provider/Purchaser Date` = as_date(as.character(`Left Provider/Purchaser Date`))) %>%
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mutate_at(c("Name", "Address Line 1", "Address Line 2", "Address Line 3", "Address Line 4"), str_to_title) %>%
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mutate_at(c("OrgName", "Address1", "Address2", "Address3", "Town"), str_to_title) %>%
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unite(Address, Address1, Address2, Address3, Town, sep = ", ", na.rm = TRUE, remove = TRUE) %>%
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# NOTE Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) were abolished in favour of Integrated Care Boards (ICB) in 2022.
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# ICB22NM: NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
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# ICB22CD: E54000057
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library(httr) ; library(jsonlite) ; library(sf)
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# Retrieve postcode centroids for Trafford - https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/ons::ons-postcode-directory-november-2025-for-the-uk/about
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GET(url = "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/bd25c421196b4546a7830e95ecdd70bc/data",
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GET(url = "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/3635ca7f69df4733af27caf86473ffa1/data",
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select(name = OrgName, Address, Postcode,
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‎general_practice/trafford_general_practices.csv‎

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Park Medical Practice,"Park Medical Practice, 405 Stockport Road, Altrincham",WA15 7XR,0161 9733485,-2.315695,53.398559
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Altrincham Medical Practice,"Altrincham Medical Pract, Lloyd House, 7 Lloyd St., Altrincham, Cheshire",WA14 2DD,0161 9282424,-2.351614,53.38451
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Park Medical Practice,"405 Stockport Road, Timperley, Altrincham",WA15 7XR,0161 9733485,-2.315695,53.398559
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Altrincham Medical Practice,"Lloyd House, 7 Lloyd Street, Altrincham",WA14 2DD,0161 9282424,-2.351613,53.384527
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Urmston Group Practice,"6 Woodsend Crescent Road, Urmston, Manchester",M41 8AA,0161 7559870,-2.394066,53.452491
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Timperley Health Centre (Westwood),"Timperley Health Centre, 169 Grove Lane, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire",WA15 6PH,0161 9803751,-2.323566,53.397228
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Shay Lane Medical Centre (Kelman),"Shay Lane Medical Centre, Shay Lane, Hale Barns, Altrincham, Cheshire",WA15 8NZ,0161 9803835,-2.31556,53.372189
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Davyhulme Medical Centre,"130 Broadway, Davyhulme,Urmston, Manchester",M41 7WJ,0161 7485559,-2.366782,53.459483
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Shay Lane Medical Centre (Patel),"Shay Lane Medical Centre, Shay Lane, Hale Barns, Altrincham, Cheshire",WA15 8NZ,0161 9802656,-2.31556,53.372189
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Primrose Surgery,"59 Old Crofts Bank, Urmston, Manchester",M41 7AB,0161 7472424,-2.357311,53.456159
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Boundary House Medical Centre,"Boundary House, 462 Northenden Road, Sale, Cheshire",M33 2RH,0161 9729999,-2.288936,53.415635
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Washway Road Medical Centre,"Washway Road Medical Ctr., 67 Washway Road, Sale, Cheshire",M33 7SS,0161 9624354,-2.328288,53.422516
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West Timperley Medical Centre,"West Timperley Med. Ctr., 21 Dawson Road, West Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire",WA14 5PF,0161 9291515,-2.353117,53.402699
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Bodmin Road Health Centre,"Bodmin Road Health Centre, Bodmin Road, Sale, Cheshire",M33 5JH,0161 9624625,-2.351718,53.428123
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Delamere Medical Practice,"The Delamere Med Pract, Delamere Avenue, Stretford, Manchester",M32 0DF,0161 8640200,-2.307365,53.450887
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Partington Central Surgery,"Partington Central Surg, Partington Health Centre, Central Road, Partington, Manchester",M31 4FY,0161 7757032,-2.425016,53.416781
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Limelight Health And Wellbeing Hub,"Limelight, 1 St Brides Way, Old Trafford, Manchester",M16 9NW,0161 2267777,-2.261969,53.461412
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Firsway Health Centre,"121 Firsway, Sale, Cheshire",M33 4BR,0161 9050310,-2.355468,53.421289
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Timperley Health Centre (Westwood),"169 Grove Lane, Timperley, Altrincham",WA15 6PH,0161 9803751,-2.323566,53.397244
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Shay Lane Medical Centre (Kelman),"Shay Lane Medical Centre, Shay Lane, Hale Barns, Altrincham",WA15 8NZ,0161 9803835,-2.315559,53.372205
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Davyhulme Medical Centre,"130 Broadway, Davyhulme,Urmston, Urmston, Manchester",M41 7WJ,0161 7485559,-2.366781,53.459499
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Shay Lane Medical Centre (Patel),"13 Shay Lane, Hale Barns, Altrincham",WA15 8NZ,0161 9802656,-2.315559,53.372205
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Primrose Surgery,"59 Old Crofts Bank, Urmston, Manchester",M41 7AB,0161 7472424,-2.35731,53.456175
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Boundary House Medical Centre,"462 Northenden Road, Sale",M33 2RH,0161 9729999,-2.2889370000000002,53.415652
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Washway Road Medical Centre,"67 Washway Road, Sale",M33 7SS,0161 9624354,-2.328392,53.422417
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West Timperley Medical Centre,"21 Dawson Road, Broadheath, West Timperley, Altrincham",WA14 5PF,0161 9291515,-2.353117,53.402715
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Bodmin Road Health Centre,"Bodmin Road, Sale",M33 5JH,0161 9624625,-2.351718,53.428139
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Delamere Medical Practice,"Delamere Avenue, Stretford, Manchester",M32 0DF,0161 8640200,-2.30738,53.450859
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Partington Central Surgery,"Partington Health Centre, Central Road, Partington, Manchester",M31 4FL,0161 7757032,-2.42617,53.417784
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Limelight Health And Wellbeing Hub,"Limelight, 1 St Brides Way, Manchester",M16 9NW,0161 2267777,-2.26197,53.461412
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Firsway Health Centre,"121 Firs Way, Sale",M33 4BR,0161 9050310,-2.355468,53.421305
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Partington Family Practice,"Partington Health Centre, Central Road, Partington, Manchester",M31 4FL,0161 7757033,-2.42617,53.417784
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Flixton Road Medical Centre,"Flixton Road Medical Ctr, 132 Flixton Road, Urmston, Manchester",M41 5BG,0161 7482021,-2.362664,53.448267
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Conway Road Medical Practice,"Conway Road Med Practice, 80a Conway Road, Sale, Cheshire",M33 2TB,0161 9731151,-2.303561,53.417873
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Barrington Medical Centre,"33 Market Street, Altrincham, Cheshire",WA14 1PF,0161 9289621,-2.35263,53.387437
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St Johns Medical Centre,"Altrincham Health, 31-33 Market Street, Altrincham, Cheshire",WA14 1PF,0161 9285522,-2.35263,53.387437
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Family Surgery,"The Surgery, 94 Navigation Road, Altrinchan, Cheshire",WA14 1LL,0161 9299300,-2.346055,53.396194
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Village Surgery,"The Village Surgery, Timperley Health Centre, 169 Grove Lane,Timperley, Cheshire",WA15 6PH,0161 9039010,-2.323566,53.397228
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Lostock Medical Centre,"431 Barton Road, Stretford, Manchester",M32 9PA,0161 8651100,-2.328128,53.45458
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North Trafford Group Practice,"North Trafford Group Prac, 864/866 Chester Road, Stretford, Manchester",M32 0PA,0161 8655556,-2.299421,53.453953
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Riddings Family Health Centre,"Riddings Family Hlth Ctr, 34 Riddings Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire",WA15 6BP,0161 9629662,-2.331291,53.404424
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Grove Medical Practice,"Grove Medical Practice, 169 Grove Lane,Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire",WA15 6PH,0161 9039302,-2.323566,53.397228
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Flixton Road Medical Centre,"132 Flixton Road, Urmston, Manchester",M41 5BG,0161 7482021,-2.362664,53.448267
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Conway Road Medical Practice,"80a Conway Road, Sale",M33 2TB,0161 9731151,-2.303562,53.417889
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Barrington Medical Centre,"33 Market Street, Altrincham",WA14 1PF,0161 9289621,-2.352958,53.387183
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St Johns Medical Centre,"Altrincham Health & Wellbeing Ctr, 31-33 Market Street, Altrincham",WA14 1PF,0161 9285522,-2.352958,53.387183
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Family Surgery,"94 Navigation Road, Altrincham",WA14 1LL,0161 9299300,-2.346055,53.39621
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Village Surgery,"169 Grove Lane, Timperley, Altrincham",WA15 6PH,0161 9039010,-2.323566,53.397244
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Lostock Medical Centre,"431 Barton Road, Stretford, Manchester",M32 9PA,0161 8651100,-2.32852,53.45464
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North Trafford Group Practice,"864-866 Chester Road, Stretford, Manchester",M32 0PA,0161 8655556,-2.299421,53.453953
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Riddings Family Health Centre,"34 Riddings Road, Timperley, Altrincham",WA15 6BP,0161 9629662,-2.331292,53.40444

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