Facts about your old NHS number in England

[Ruskie]

There was a discussion earlier today about NHS numbers.

There is now a new system of NHS numbers, but for a period between 1955 and 1995  the NHS number was allocated on th birth registration. See Wikipedia for details

I'm a bit puzzled. Is there anything specific you are asking about NHS numbers?

If anyone is interested in finding out information about NHS numbers, surely they can just google?    There will be a plethora of information about it on the internet, and most people don't need to be pointed in the direction of Wikipedia or Google. They already know to look there!

This seems a very odd thread.....and I fear you've got yourself into a bit of a pickle Scouseboy - incorrect dates ... unanswered questions ...

[Rosinish]

Hi SB,

Have just read through this thread but I'm now actually wondering what info. anyone could glean from the fact that a NHS no. was on a Birth Cert?

Where would it take us in "genealogy" terms?

Seems a bit of a "dead end" statement or am I missing something?

Annie

[Andrew Tarr]

I got an identity number in 1939 which I still remember - DVFG 317/3.  The last digit gave the number within the family, which I presume was identified by the rest of it.  I guess on some geographical system.

[Trishanne]

My old number was HGGF 40/6. Looking at my original page on the 1939 register on the top line it has E.D. letter code, in my case HGGF. In the 2nd column which is headed Schedule all those at my address have 40. This is not my house number on the road, but a sequential number shown in that column. The next number 6 in my case shows I am the 6th member of my family, parents 1 and 2, brothers and sister 3,4 and 5 and finally me 6, giving me my exclusive number HGGF40/6.

[Trishanne]

To add a further fact, my parents ran a guest house and there were five guests, no relation, staying the night the register was taken. There numbers were also HGGF40/ with 7,8,9,10 and 11 added.
This obviously means they would have totally different numbers to other members of their family.

[Joburg]

Hi,
  As I remember. The 4 letter and 2 numbers were one's Identity Card number and the NHS  is 2 letters and [mine] has 6 numbers in pairs.Does that help and I was born before the 1939 register.

Joburg

[BumbleB]

I've got my Identity card - four letters and 3 numbers - 1942.

[ReadyDale]

To add a further fact, my parents ran a guest house and there were five guests, no relation, staying the night the register was taken. There numbers were also HGGF40/ with 7,8,9,10 and 11 added.
This obviously means they would have totally different numbers to other members of their family.

As indeed would anyone who had been evacuated by that point. As an example, my Dad together with my aunt and my Nan had Weston-super-Mare numbers, as that is where there were (briefly, but that is another story) evacuated to, where as my Grandfather had a number from their home area in west London.

[KGarrad]

Hi,
  As I remember. The 4 letter and 2 numbers were one's Identity Card number and the NHS is 2 letters and [mine] has 6 numbers in pairs.Does that help and I was born before the 1939 register.

Joburg

I think that will be your NI No, rather than your NHS number?