Choosing the right way to sign up

Choosing the right way to sign up

There are three ways into Nexus. If you're not sure, start with the free option — it costs nothing, needs no card details, and you can always join or start a paid organisation account later. All self-serve accounts require an NHS email address — @nhs.net or any nhs.uk address.

When you visit Nexus signed out, an "I am a…" selector offers the options:

1. Free NHS data access — the right start for most people

Any NHS staff member can register for the benchmarking dashboards (practice, PCN and ICB views, funding, data sources) completely free. This is not a trial — it doesn't expire and never asks for payment. You get value from Nexus immediately, and nothing about it commits your practice to anything.

→ See Free NHS data access, and What's free and what's paid? for exactly where the free tier ends.

2. Your practice already subscribes — join its account

If your practice already uses the paid platform, don't register a new organisation and don't pay anything — join the existing account instead, via an emailed invite from your practice admin or a self-serve request. You get access to everything the practice's packages include.

→ See Joining your organisation's existing account

3. Register your GP surgery — only for buying the paid platform

This route is for one authorised person per practice (typically the practice manager or a partner) who has decided the practice wants the paid platform — the build tools, monitoring and recall, workforce, FFT and more. It's a short wizard: your details, find your surgery by ODS code, choose a plan, then either a free 90-day trial (no card needed) or subscribe. Everyone else at the practice simply gets invited afterwards — they never go through this wizard.

If you pick a practice that is already on Nexus, the wizard automatically converts to a join request (route 2) — you can't accidentally buy a second subscription.

→ See Signing your organisation up

Patients

Patients don't need an account at all: the public Find a GP page lets anyone compare local practices using published NHS data.

Which one do I want?

Your situationSign up via
I want to benchmark my practice / PCN / ICBFree NHS data access — no payment, ever
My practice already uses NexusJoin its account — no payment, ask your admin
I'm authorised to buy the paid platform for my practiceRegister your GP surgery — trial or subscribe
I'm a patientFind a GP — no account needed

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