Patient Participation Group

About the PPG

The Patients Participation Group is a group of patients from the Practice who meet regularly and are here to represent your interests. The group work closely with the practice staff to resolve issues raised by patients and to enhance the services offered where possible.  The forum can also be referred to as a Patient Reference Group.

We are interested in your opinions on our service and your perceptions of our practice and staff.

We have set up the Patient Participation Group so that you can have your say in this if you wish.  We will contact members via email with short surveys from time to time, to find out your opinions on subjects such care quality and practice procedures.

How does the PPG work?

The Group meet up to four times a year and members are asked to put forward any items for discussion and take part in person or by email.

Members are able to have an input in decision making, alert the practice to any problems and suggest change for improvement if they believe it will help the patients and the practice.

We would like members from all ages, cultural groups, working backgrounds and all levels of health and fitness to join our group, if you are keen to join our group please complete this form

Our aim is to provide a high quality, caring and personal health care service to our whole patient population by: 

• Putting our patients at the centre of what we do
• Having a highly qualified and trained multi-professional integrated primary Healthcare Team
• Offering our services in a safe, supportive and suitably equipped environment, using technological advances in healthcare systems for our patient’s benefit

Aims of a Patient Participation Group. 

• Involvement of patients in practice, being a critical friend to the practice; 
• Working with practice staff to share ideas to help improve the services offered at the practice
• Helping patients to take more responsibility for their own health 
• Foster a good working relationship with the practice staff and GP's.
• Regular communication with the patient population. 

If you want to chat about the Patient Participation Group, please contact Trevor Pybus via our secure online form