RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Survey of patients' satisfaction with access to general practitioners
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 163
OP 165
VO 38
IS 309
A1 David Allen
A1 Ralph Leavey
A1 Bernard Marks
YR 1988
UL http://bjgp.org/content/38/309/163.abstract
AB The north west England faculty patients' liaison group, supported by community health councils and family practitioner committees, surveyed patients' perceptions of accessibility to general practitioners in seven districts in 1985 and 1986. Findings on appointment systems, telephone access and out-of-hours calls are compared with those from other surveys. The results show that patients' satisfaction with appointment systems is related to the efficiency of their own general practitioner's system. The results also show higher levels of dissatisfaction with waiting times for outof- hours visits than in studies 10 years ago and that a large proportion of patients would like direct telephone access to their general practitioner.