GPAQ - a patient questionnaire for the GP contract

This is the official website for the General Practice Assessment Questionnaire (GPAQ). GPAQ is a patient questionnaire which has been 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. On this site you can find out more about GPAQ, our conditions for use, how to use GPAQ, download the questionnaire (including translations) and the GPAQ manual, and look up national benchmarks for GPAQ questions.

You can also find out about our licensed companies who can provide a comprehensive GPAQ service. Or if you wish to analyse your own survey you can find out how to produce reports for individual practices and PCTs. Also available to download from NPCRDC's website is a free handbook entitled "Improving your practice with patient surveys".

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