typically 'directive' survey from the government - so that they can claim they consulted people. all the questions are of the type do you think we are 1. excellent, 2. brilliant or 3. great ? they also make implausible presumptions and take these as starting points - the bit about if researchers had to approach patients via GPs it would be really slow and inefficient, if you don't agree then you are a luddite and cute kittens will die - as i pointed out in the survey, a well designed computer system would make nonsense of this claim i had to sign up for an account to post this and now it's time for my medication declaration of interest: I have been both an nhs patient and an ambulance technician