Bramcote Surgery has a working PPG group which is chaired by Sandra Doyle (patient) and secretary Pam Husband (Practice Manager).
We aim to meet every other month with a group of patients to discuss the practice changes, updates, review appointment statistics, any issues, patient feedback, patient survey and annual practice patient complaints(anonymised)
Benefits of a Patient Participation Group:
PPGs are about implementing real, positive change in their communities. Patients have long valued the relationship with their GP and general practice. However the dynamics of this relationship have changed over recent years – patients today rightly want more say in their own healthcare, they are better informed and expect to be treated as whole people, not just as a condition or ailment.
PPGs have an increasingly important role to play in helping to give patients a say in the way services are delivered to best meet their needs, and the needs of the local community.
PPGs can help GPs to develop an equal partnership with their patients. They can help them to communicate accurately and honestly with individual patients, and with the wider community about key health matters. They can also help to reduce costs and improve services by identifying changes that the practice may not have considered, allowing resources to be used more efficiently. What is more, they can develop mutually supportive networks for patients and the practice, outside of individual appointments.
If you have an interest in health, you use our services and you feel that you could make a positive contribution in supporting the practice then please either write to the Practice Manager Pam Husband or send an email to [email protected] explaining why you feel you would be suitable.
More information on the role of PPGs is on the National Association for Patient Participation website.
Please click HERE to view the minutes from our recent PPG meetings.