diff --git a/packages/migration/src/migrations/hearth/20240919155854-change-practitioner-family-name-from-array-to-string.ts b/packages/migration/src/migrations/hearth/20240919155854-change-practitioner-family-name-from-array-to-string.ts
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+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * OpenCRVS is also distributed under the terms of the Civil Registration
+ * & Healthcare Disclaimer located at http://opencrvs.org/license.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) The OpenCRVS Authors located at https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/blob/master/AUTHORS.
+ */
+
+import { Db, MongoClient } from 'mongodb'
+
+export const up = async (db: Db, client: MongoClient) => {
+  // In most cases the family name is a string, but in some cases it is an array (1.2.x versions at least)
+  const session = client.startSession()
+  try {
+    await session.withTransaction(async () => {
+      await db
+        .collection('Practitioner')
+        .updateMany({ 'name.family': { $type: 'array' } }, [
+          {
+            $set: {
+              name: {
+                $map: {
+                  input: '$name',
+                  as: 'n',
+                  in: {
+                    $mergeObjects: [
+                      '$$n',
+                      {
+                        family: {
+                          $cond: {
+                            if: { $isArray: '$$n.family' },
+                            then: { $arrayElemAt: ['$$n.family', 0] },
+                            else: '$$n.family'
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        ])
+    })
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log('Error occurred while updating practitioner family name', err)
+  } finally {
+    await session.endSession()
+  }
+}
+
+export const down = async (db: Db, client: MongoClient) => {}