GP Patient Experience Survey Results for Scotland

National results from a survey asking patients about their experiences with general practitioner services in Scotland. The survey covers experiences of making appointments, visiting GP surgeries, seeing staff, and being prescribed medicines. The dataset is produced by the Scottish Government as Official Statistics and was last updated on July 8, -2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze appointment accessibility based on patient experience questions mentioned in the description
• Model patient satisfaction with GP staff interactions based on survey responses
• Assess regional variations in prescription experience from national survey data
• Benchmark GP surgery performance using standardized patient feedback metrics

Strengths

• Data is designated as Official Statistics by the Scottish Government
• Survey covers multiple facets of the GP experience, including appointments, visits, staff, and prescriptions
• Last updated date is precisely recorded as 2026-07-08 13:32:40.188809

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government

Collection Method

National patient survey

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:40.188809

Geography

Scotland, UK