Ref:GB:cqc location

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ref:GB:cqc_location
Description
Care Quality Commission (England) Location ID
Group: references
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The Care Quality Commission (England) location ID for an object. These start with a 1- and end with a 9-10 digit code or a combination of 5 letters and numbers. Examples include 1-187729429, 1-5363147216, REF00, G8B2R, and B8C5E.


These are used for NHS classified healthcare locations including the following:

  • GP Practices
  • Dentists
  • Hospice services
  • Residential social care
  • Acute hospital - Independent non-specialist
  • Acute hospital - Independent specialist
  • Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist
  • Acute hospital - NHS specialist
  • Mental health - community & residential - NHS
  • Mental health - community & hospital - independent
  • Community health - NHS & Independent
  • Independent consulting doctors

Using this tag will allow OSM objects for healthcare locations to be checked against and enriched from other data sources.

See also