Friends and Family TestE+W
88.—(1) A contractor must give all patients who use the contractor's practice the opportunity to provide feedback about the service received from the practice through the Friends and Family Test M1.
(2) The contractor must—
(a)report the results of completed Friends and Family Tests to the Board; and
(b)publish the results of such completed Tests M2.
(3) In this regulation, “Friends and Family Test” means the arrangements that a contractor is required by the Board to implement to enable its patients to provide anonymous feedback about the patient experience at the contractor's practice.
Marginal Citations
M1See the guidance for GP practices on the Friends and Family Test, published in July 2014, which is available in full and summary form at: http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/fft/fft-guidance/. Hard copies of this guidance are available from Primary Care Commissioning, NHS Employers, 50 Broadway, London SW1H 0DB.
M2See pages 7 and 8 of the full Guidance for GP Practices on the Friends and Family Test, published in July 2014, in respect of the requirement on GP practices to submit monthly reports to the Board and to publish the results of completed tests. This guidance is available at: http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/fft/fft-guidance/. Hard copies of this guidance are available from Primary Care Commissioning, NHS Employers, 50 Broadway, London SW1H 0DB.