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.
Benefits for the patients
- Patients will have a better understanding and knowledge of the practice and its staff.
- Patients will benefit from improved communications.
- Patients will have a forum to suggest positive ideas and voice concerns.
Benefits for the practice and our staff
- Practices and staff will be able to plan services jointly with patients to increase their effectiveness.
- They will have a forum to voice concerns ideas and suggestions to patients.
- They will get closer to the community for whom they care.
PPGs meeting
The PPG forum will meet quarterly, face to face at the practice, these meetings will last approx. 1 hour unless the agenda requires longer. Guest speakers may be invited to attend also, to provide information to the group on local services available.
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 Patient Participation Group registration form
- phone us on 01603 613431