Changes to the GP Patient Survey

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2019 survey

1. Questionnaire changes

Minimal changes were made to the GPPS questionnaire ahead of the 2019 fieldwork.

These amendments were:

  • Changes to the responses at Q35 (change of response 'A developmental condition such as autism or ADHD' to 'Autism or autism spectrum condition'. As a result, this response is not comparable with 2018. However, all other responses for Q35 are comparable with 2018.

  • Small formatting changes (emboldening of the routing arrows and minor changes to the routing wording).

These changes have not impacted the data and therefore results for each question are comparable with 2018. For more information on the questionnaire development for the 2019 survey, please refer to the 2019 technical annex.

2. Methodology changes

The 2019 survey adopted the same methodology and sampling approach (including 16 - 17 year olds) as the 2018 survey. Because of this, trends from 2018 will be reported this year, as the results are comparable.

Changes to reporting outputs: In many cases, the non-specific response options (e.g. Don't know, Haven't tried', Can't say / Doesn't Apply') are excluded from all percentage calculations across all the main reporting outputs. The counts for all responses are still available for manipulation of the full data.

For more detail about how results are presented, see the 'Presentation of statistics' document (opens in new window). 'Presentation of statistics' document.

This year, Ipsos MORI and NHS England trialled a number of experiments on a sub-sample of GPPS respondents. These experiments tested alternative materials and mailing strategies, designed to increase the overall response rate. More details of these experiments can be found in the 2019 technical annex.

3. Organisational changes

Practice level CCG changes

Woodroyd Medical Practice (B83011) changed its CCG parent from NHS Bradford Districts CCG (02R)to NHS Bradford City CCG (02W).

Bradford Moor Practice (B83032) changed its CCG parent from NHS Bradford Districts CCG (02R) to NHS Bradford City CCG (02W).

Narborough Road Surgery (formerly Narborough Health Centre, practice code C82119) changed its CCG parent from NHS East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG (03W) to NHS Leicester City CCG (04C).

Newthorpe Medical Practice (C84131), changed its CCG parent from NHS Nottingham North and East CCG (04L) to NHS Nottingham West CCG (04M).

Giltbrook surgery (C84667) changed its CCG parent from NHS Nottingham North and East CCG (04L) to NHS Nottingham West CCG (04M).

CCG level changes

As of 1 April 2019, the following CCG merges occurred:

  • NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG (99P) and NHS South Devon and Torbay CCG(99Q) merged to form NHS Devon CCG (15N).

  • NHS Erewash CCG (03X), NHS Hardwick CCG (03Y), NHS North Derbyshire CCG (04J) and NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG (04R) merged to form NHS Derby and Derbyshire CCG (15M).