GP website review
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Healthwatch Portsmouth used NHS England's guidance on creating a usable and accessible GP website for patients to assess local GPs' websites. They carried out mystery shopping on the websites from August to December 2023. They also undertook a survey of the public to which 43 people responded.
It is difficult to gauge the improvement in ease of access on using GP surgery websites since Healthwatch made its recommendations in March 2020 and November 2022.
The report has six recommendations.