A group of volunteer patients, carers and surgery staff who meet regularly to discuss and support the running of the surgery.
Patient Participation Groups look at the services offered, patient experience and how improvements can be made for the benefit of everyone.
Each Patient Participation Group is different, but they all have the aim of making sure that the surgery puts the patient, and improving health, at the heart of everything it does.
Patient Participation Group’s aims
This PPG aims to:
- Contribute to practice decision-making and will be consulted on service development and provision;
- Provide feedback on patients’ needs, concerns and interests and challenge the practice constructively whenever necessary;
- Assist the practice and its patients by arranging voluntary groups/support within the community;
- Communicate information about the community which may affect healthcare;
- Give patients a voice in the organisation of their care;
- Promote good health and higher levels of health literacy by encouraging and supporting activities within the practice and promoting preventive medicine;
- Influence the provision of secondary healthcare and social care locally; Give feedback to NHS trusts on consultations; Liaise with other PPGs in the area
- Fundraise for medical equipment or other facilities to improve the practice and/or fund the activities of the PPG;
- Assist the practice with the annual practice survey and review the findings;
- Any confidential information discussed must remain confidential.
Join our Patient Participation Group
All registered patients are able to join our Patient Participation Group. People of all genders, ages, ethnicities, and those with health conditions and disabilities are encouraged to join.
Members should as far as possible, be representative of the surgery population.
To join:
- fill out a join our Patient Participation Group form