GP Patient Survey
Opting out of the GP Patient Survey
1. Practices
The GP Patient survey has been developed as part of the ‘Improved Access
Scheme” directed enhanced service (DES). Practices which decide to opt out
of the survey, and, therefore the DES, will not receive any payments from the
survey as there will be no results to award payment against.
The survey will be launched the week commencing 15th January 2007.
Practices intending to opt-out of the DES and Survey should email their
practice code number to GPPatientSurvey@dh.gsi.gov.uk by November 8th.
2. Patients
Patients who do not wish to receive a GP Patient Survey questionnaire
should:-
i) Either email DH’s GPPatientSurvey@dh.gsi.gov.uk
mailbox providing their full name and NHS number, or
ii) Inform their practice that they do not wish to receive a GP Patient Survey
questionnaire. The practice should then send the patient’s NHS number and
full name to GPPatientSurvey@DH.gsi.gov.uk, or
iii) Inform their PCT. The PCT can then send the patient’s NHS number and
full name to GPPatientSurvey@dh.gsi.gov.uk
Whichever way is used to inform DH, the full names and NHS numbers of
patients who do not wish to receive a GP Patient Survey questionnaire are
needed at the latest by 8th December 2006.