The Department of Health is running a GP patient survey again this year to access patients experiences of their local NHS services
Survey specialist Ipsos MORI continues to run the survery on our behalf
Since April 2009 the survey has been sent to a sample of patients at each GP practice every quarter with around 1.4 million patients being invited to take part
The survey covers isues that concern patients such as access to care and satisfaction wiht treatment
If you receive a questionnaire please fill it in and send back as soon as you can
It is really important to us that we hear your views even if you have recieved a questionnaire like this before
Your responses will help us to improve the servcies we currently provide for patients
Patients selected to taker part in the quarterly survey will be sent a questionnaire during one of the followig weeks:
Week commencing 5th April 2010
Week commencing 5th July 2010
Week commencing 4th October 2010
Week commencing 3rd January 2011
If you would like further information or experiencing difficulty in completeing the questionnirre you can access the website at www.gp-patient.co.uk for guidance