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Patient Participation Group
Our Patient Participation Group (PPG) meets to provide a forum for discussion about the practice.
What is a Patient Participation Group (PPG)?
A Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a group of people who are patients of the surgery and want to help it work as well as it can for patients, doctors and staff. The NHS requires every practice to have a PPG.
The aims of the PPG are as follows:
- To encourage a positive relationship between patients and all the surgery staff.
- To represent a voice for the patient in the practice.
- To be involved in health promotion events.
- To encourage patients to engage in their own healthcare and future needs.
Can you help us to develop the practice to suit the needs of our population?
A Patient Participation Group is a way that patients of a practice help to influence how we work, acting as a critical friend. We also want to understand more about what makes you feel well and how we can encourage and direct our patients to some of those things in the community.
If you are interested we'd love to hear from you, we hold regular meetings.. This will then be an opportunity for you to volunteer and shape how we collaborate with our community.
Its an exciting time for us as a practice and we want to make sure you, our patients are at the forefront of everything we do. We can only do that with your support.
We aim to gather patients from as broad a spectrum as possible to get a truly representative sample. We need young people, workers, retirees, people with long term conditions and people from non-British ethnic groups.
What is a virtual group?
A virtual group is a group of patients who would like to be part of the Patient Participation Group but prefer not to attend meetings. They get involved by email instead.
Information such as practice newsletters, minutes of the Patient Participation Group meetings and surveys will be shared electronically. It means that if you cannot make face-to-face meetings, are caring for someone and unable to leave them, or are working, you can still be kept informed, give your views and participate. Your contact details will only be used for this purpose and will be kept safely.
Please let us know if you wish to join the PPG and state you would like to be a virtual group member. If you are interested you can open the sign-up form and complete all the fields:
Complete the Patient Group Sign-up Form Online
If you prefer, you can visit the surgery to collect a paper sign up form, complete it and return it to the surgery.
We will be in touch shortly after we receive your form.
The information you supply us will be used lawfully, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to know what information is held about you and sets out rules to make sure that this information is handled properly.
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