A Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a group of patients, carers and GP practice staff who meet to discuss practice issues and patient experience to help improve the service. Since April 2015, it has been a contractual requirement of NHS England for all GP practices to have a PPG and to make reasonable efforts for this to be representative of the practice population.

Our PPG is open to every registered patient on our practice list. All communities, groups, genders, ages, ethnicities, and disabilities representing the patient list are encouraged to join. There are no other membership requirements except that patients must be registered with the practice.

Our PPG currently meets every 6 weeks and we invite new members to join.  

• To give patients and practice staff the opportunity to meet and discuss topics of mutual interest.
• To provide a means for patients to become more involved and make suggestions about the healthcare services they receive.
• To explore issues from patient complaints and patient surveys, contribute to actions plans and help monitor improvements.
• To contribute feedback to the practice on National Patient Survey results and Friends and Family Test feedback to propose developments or change.
• To support health awareness and patient education.

The group would like to contact patients on occasion by email and/or text so that they can obtain the views of the widest group of patients possible. We would like to obtain your email address and mobile phone number to do this. Please complete the Patient Contact Form to provide your consent for this.