What is a Patient Participation Group (PPG)?

What is the Patient Participation Group

If you’re a registered patient, you can have your say by contributing to the Patient Participation Group (PPG). The PPG includes a committee which meets quarterly, together with a ‘virtual’ group, which receives minutes, news and contribute to gathering information.

• Provide a means for patients to be more involved and make suggestions about the healthcare services they receive
• Explore issues from patient complaints and patient surveys, contribute to actions plans and help monitor improvements
• Contribute feedback to the practice on National Patient Survey results and Friends and Family Test feedback, to propose developments or change
• Support health awareness and patient education
• Act as an independent ‘critical friend’ to the practice

What is Involved?

Being part of the PPG does not take up a lot of your time, but it can make a big difference. It gives you the opportunity to provide vital feedback, which helps develop practice services.

Who can join?

Any registered member of the Practice can join the PPG

We encourage diversity in our PPG, and therefore we are particularly looking for young people, workers, retirees, people with long-term conditions and people from non-British ethnic groups to join us.

How do I join?

You can email the Practice directly on cimcb-war.padgatemc@nhs.net or speak to a member of staff.