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Class 🎓 Q Education

86.21 — General Medical Practice Activities

86.21
Class
General medical practice activities
SDMX: R8621
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
2 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This class includes: - medical consultation and treatment in the field of general medicine carried out by general practitioners

✗ Excludes

This class excludes: - inpatient hospital activities, see 86.10 - medical specialists’ activities, see 86.22 - nursing and midwifery activities, see 86.94 - physiotherapy activities, see 86.95 - traditional, complementary and alternative medicine activities, see 86.96

Frequently Confused With

86.10
Hospital activities
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 86.22
Medical specialists activities
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 86.94
Nursing and midwifery activities
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 86.95
Physiotherapy activities
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 86.96
Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine activities
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Who is this code for?

Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIX

Medical practitioners

SOC 2020:2211
Common titles: Doctor, GP, Physician
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 2211

Nurses

SOC 2020:2231
Common titles: Nurse, Staff nurse
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 2221

Care workers and home helpers

SOC 2020:6131
Common titles: Carer, Support worker
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 5322

Related Occupations

Health services and public health managers and directorsVeterinary nurses

Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section Q (General medical practice activities).

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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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