Patient Participation Group

The Patient Participation Group is designed to:

  • Develop a partnership with patients.
  • Discover what a range of patients think about services and to establish their priorities.
  • Provide a platform to test and modify ideas and plans.
– Patients learn how to become more responsible for their own health
– Patients will have a better understanding about the practice and its staff
– Patients will be consulted on arrangements in primary health care before decisions are made
– Patients will have a forum to suggest positive ideas for change and voice concerns
– The practice will be able to plan services jointly with patients
– Get closer to the community for whom they care
– Help patients with non-medical and social care issues
– Get help from patients to meet targets and objectives
– Have a forum to voice ideas and concerns

What is a PPG?

Self-organised and patient led
Confident in its ability to challenge the practice
Able to have an open dialogue with the practice

Each PPG is unique: evolving to meet local needs.

The PPG works with the practice to:

  • Offer patient perspective on services provided by the practice
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of services
  • Foster improved communication between the practice and its patients
  • Help patients to take more responsibility for their health
  • Provide practical support and help to implement change

PPG’s work by:

  • Building a relationship between the practice and its patients.
  • Building a relationship between different patients.
  • Breaking down the barriers between the practice and patients and between patients.
  • Sharing information.

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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: