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GP patient survey: your doctor, your experience, your say - guidance for strategic health authorities, primary care trusts and GP practices

The GP patient survey: your doctor, your experience, your say, is part of the ‘Improved Access Scheme’ directed enhanced service. It has been introduced in response to the view that patients want more say in their ability to access GP services. The survey will give patients a greater say about how their services are being provided and the results will be used to reward GPs offering good access to services.

This guidance explains what the GP patient survey is, why it is being conducted, how it works and roles/responsibilities. It aims to increase understanding and raise the survey’s profile, encouraging local discussion prior to the survey being sent to patients in January 2007.

• Download guidance (PDF, 154K)
• Further guidance (3 April 2007)
• Update (20 October 2006) for strategic health authorities (SHAs), primary care trusts (PCTs) and primary care contracting advisors (PCCAs)