Patients are being asked to rate their doctor via the controversial new website iWantGreatCare.org which has been officially launched this month.

The site, developed by Dr Neil Bacon, former CEO of Doctors.net.uk, encourages patients to rate their doctor out of 100 in three key measurements - 'Do you trust them?', 'Did they listen to you?' and 'Would you recommend them?'.

Scores and comments are then available for public viewing and searchable by doctor, specialty and location. Many doctors have already expressed concern the site is open to abuse, however the team behind the site say they have procedures in place to prevent inappropriate and libelous comments:

"We have developed iWantGreatCare to provide doctors with a simple, safe way to build up a career-long portfolio of patient feedback. Part of this development work is the ongoing investment in security, to ensure abuse and unprincipled feedback is filtered," said Dr Neil Bacon, site founder.

"Since our launch last month, we have found that most of the reviews of doctors are overwhelming positive and that patients are taking this forum very seriously in writing balanced and accurate reviews of their healthcare experience."

www.iwantgreatcare.org

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