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The national patient survey programme is continuously being refined and improved. Ongoing research and analysis ensures that the programme obtains the best results possible about the topics most important and relevant to patients' experience of healthcare.
A range of documents and reports have been published which detail the findings of this study and research. To view these reports click here.
Key Findings
- Key Findings report: Category C Service Ambulance Survey 2008
- Key findings report: Inpatient Survey Results 2008
- Key findings report: Emergency Department Survey Results 2008
- Key findings Report: PCT Survey Results 2008
- Key findings report: Adult Inpatient Survey Results 2007
- Key findings report: Adult Inpatient Survey Results 2006
- Key findings report: Maternity Survey Results 2007
- Key findings report: Emergency Department Survey Results 2004/05
- Key findings report: PCT Survey Results 2005
- Key findings report: Mental Health Survey Results 2005
- Key findings report: Outpatient Survey Results 2004/05
- Key findings report: Mental Health Survey Results 2004
- Key findings report: Ambulance Trusts Survey Results 2004
- Key findings report: Adult Inpatient Survey Results 2004
- Key findings report: PCT Survey Results 2004
- Key findings report: Coronary Heart Disease Patient Survey 2004
- Key findings report: Emergency Department Survey Results 2003
- Key findings report: PCT Survey Results 2003
- Key findings report: General Practice 2002
- Key findings report: Adult Inpatient Survey Results 2002
- Key findings report: Stroke Patient Survey Results 2004
- Key findings report: Follow-up survey of stroke patients 2005
- Key findings report: Adult Inpatient Survey Results 2005
- Key findings report: Young Patient Survey Results 2004
- Key findings report: Diabetes Survey 2006
Development Work
- A report on the development of the questionnaire for the 2010 Maternity survey
- Maternity E-bulletin 2
- Maternity E-bulletin 1
- Maternity E-bulletin 3
- The Development Report for the 2012 Inpatient Survey
- Overarching questions for patient surveys
- The Development Report for the 2011 Inpatients Survey
- A report on the development of the questionnaire for the 2010 Maternity survey
- The Development Report for the 2009 Inpatients Survey
- A report on the development of the questionnaire for the 2009 Outpatients Department survey
- Increasing response rates to the NHS Patient Survey Programme - Inpatient Online Pilot 2008 Report
- Development and Pilot Testing of the Category C Ambulance Service User Survey 2008
- Inpatient Survey 2007: Analysis of the patients' free text comments
- Long-term Neurological Conditions Feasibility Pilot Study: final report
- Inpatient survey sampling errors: 2008
- The development report for the 2008 inpatient survey
- Results of an online survey of trust leads and survey contractors for the 2007 Maternity Survey
- Results of an online survey of acute hospital trust survey leads for 2005 inpatient survey (colour version)
- Results of an online survey of acute hospital trust survey leads for 2005 inpatient survey (version for printing in black)
- Long-term Neurological Conditions Feasibility Study: consultation report
- The 2006 Inpatients Importance study report
- Extension of fieldwork for inpatient survey 2007
- Increasing response rates amongst BME and seldom heard groups - stakeholder consultation
- Review of BME coverage in the Healthcare Commission's patient survey programme
- Increasing response rates amongst BME and seldom heard groups - literature review
- Mixed mode surveys - a review for the NHS acute patient survey programme