Why are there two versions of GPAQ?

When we originally developed GPAS, which was the forerunner of GPAQ, it was designed to be sent by post. Since then, many doctors have told us that they would like the option of giving it to patients in the surgery. There are two advantages to this:

1. It is cheaper because it avoids postal costs

2. The responses can be related to individual doctors and not just to practices. This means that you can use the results for your own personal appraisal, or in your revalidation folder.

However, administering questionnaires in the surgery is not straightforward, and you need to read the manual carefully before you do this, or go to the section 'How to use GPAQ'.

There are a number of differences between the postal and the post-consultation versions. However, the access questions, the questions about continuity of care, and the questions on inter-personal aspects of care are the same in the two versions.

Go to downloads to download the postal version or post-consultation version of GPAQ.