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GPAQ - a patient questionnaire for general practice

GPAQ Legacy Site
 

This is the official website for the General Practice Assessment Questionnaire (GPAQ). GPAQ is a patient questionnaire which was developed at the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre at The University of Manchester for the 2003 GP contract. Building on several years of development and testing, GPAQ helps practices find out what patients think about their care. It specifically focuses on aspects of general practice that are not covered elsewhere in the Quality and Outcomes Framework - for example, access, inter-personal aspects of care and continuity of care.

GPAQ can either be administered by post or after consultations in the surgery.  You  can: 

Since 2009, GPAQ has been replaced in the Quality and Outcomes Framework by a new postal questionnaire, the GP Patient Survey (www.gp-patient.co.uk). The GPAQ team contributed to the development of this new survey, but this change means that GPAQ will no longer routinely be used as part of the GP contract, and as a result all restrictions on its use in the UK and abroad have been lifted (see conditions for use). However, GPAQ remains the most suitable questionnaire to assess care from individual doctors (especially when used post-consultation), as the new GP Patient Survey only gives results at practice level. GPs may therefore wish to continue to use GPAQ for their own appraisals etc.

The change in GPAQ''s status also means that the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre will no longer be providing support to practices and other organisations using GPAQ.


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