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Data published for the first time today will help patients choose the right GP surgery and help GPs and the NHS to make improvements to the way they do things.
Data on over 8,000 GP practices in England will be used to form a new measure of patient experience for each surgery based on things like:
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바카라 사이트⒙燭he length of time you have to spend waiting in reception;
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Each GP surgery will get a score out of ten, and this will help patients to choose which surgery to register with as well as help drive up standards within the profession. This data will be based on patients바카라 사이트� responses to the GP Patient Survey.
Health Minister Lord Howe said:
바카라 사이트淎s we set out in our Information Strategy, we want to make it easier for patients to find the best NHS care for them.
바카라 사이트淕iving patients more information about their local NHS is a big part of our commitment to transparency and using data to drive improvements.
바카라 사이트淥pening up this data is another step forward in giving people more choice. Patients will now be able to see exactly what the experience of being a patient at each GP surgery is really like.
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The new data on patient experience will be available to patients on the NHS Choices website, which allows patients to make quick and direct comparisons between different GP practices in their area and choose the right GP for their needs. People will also be able to find a GP surgery with experience of treating people with similar conditions like diabetes, coronary heart disease and epilepsy.
Katherine Murphy, Chief Executive of the Patient바카라 사이트檚 Association said:
바카라 사이트淲e welcome these proposals, because they will result in more information being available for patients when they are making a choice about which GP to register with. They will also enable patients to compare the performance of their own GP with others.
바카라 사이트淥ur Helpline is seeing a trend of increasing complaints about GPs, covering a number of areas, including difficulties obtaining an appointment, complaints about the behaviour of the reception staff and other factors that affect their overall experience. These changes will not resolve these issues overnight, but providing clear and easily comparable data is certainly a step forward.바카라 사이트�
As well as the patient experience measure, new data and an analytical tool will be published on the NHS Information Centre website to support GPs and the NHS to make improvements. This includes data on how many patients from each GP surgery didn바카라 사이트檛 attend their first outpatient appointment at hospital, and delivery of pneumonia vaccinations for at risk patients like those over 65 or who have long term chronic conditions.
This is part of the 바카라 사이트바카라 사이트檚 commitment to opening up data about health services and making it available to patients and the NHS. In addition to the Information Strategy, last month the 바카라 사이트 introduced the NHS 바카라 사이트榝riends and family바카라 사이트� test, which means that in the wards and A&E of every hospital, patients will be able to answer a simple question: whether they would want a friend or relative to be treated there.
Making those answers and this data public and comparable will give everyone a clear idea of which GP surgeries, wards, A&Es and hospitals are providing the best care - which will encourage others to make improvements.
Notes to editors
- This new data publication is in addition to 260 clinical measures of GP surgeries that were first published on the NHS Information Centre and Department of Health websites in December last year.
- The additional practice indicators and analytical tool will be accessible through the Health and Social Care Information Centre website.
- The patient experience indicator is based on answers provided in the GP Patient바카라 사이트檚 Survey, which assesses patients바카라 사이트� experiences of their local GP Surgery. This is the first time this data has been presented in such a way, allowing patients to easily see how different GP surgeries in their area compare to each other. It will be available for patients to view on the NHS Choices website.
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