The Aims of the Patient Participation Group
What is the role of the Patient Participation Group?
Patient participation refers to patients, such as you, who are taking an active interest in healthcare and how their Surgery is run.
It gives practice staff and patients a chance to discuss the Surgery, local health problems and services, and tries to think of ways to improve the way the Surgery can work.
What are the benefits of a Patient Participation Group?
- Patients will have a better understanding of how the Surgery works.
- There will be improved communication between patients and staff.
- Patients will have a forum to suggest ideas and raise concerns.
- Patients will be consulted about arrangements in the GP Surgery before decision are made.
- Patients’ views will be represented in local health care.
- Ideas of a wide range of people will be represented.
For more information about the Patient Participation Group please contact the Chair via email the Chair at [email protected] or by writing to the Practice for the attention of the PPG Chair.
Cathy Smith
Chair of PPG
Anthony Marten
Vice Chair
Join our Patient Participation Group
If you wish to participate please contact the Practice or complete the online form by clicking on the button shown below.
OR: if you prefer, you can download the sign-up form below, print it out, fill it in, and post it to the Practice, put it through the letterbox, or hand it to a Receptionist.
Download the pdf version of our sign up form
We aim to acknowledge your request within a few days.
Please note that the PPG cannot become involved in matters of a specifically medical or clinical nature.
Non-urgent advice: Date of next Patient Participation Group meeting
On Monday 16th June at 18:00 at Chawton Park Surgery.
If you would like to attend, please do email the chair at [email protected]
Chawton Park Surgery Newsletter – Brought together by the Patient Participation (PPG)
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The National Association of Patient Participation
The national association for patient participation aims to promote the role and benefits of PPGs to patients, the public and health professionals, to create more understanding of the value of true patient participation also to promote the support available from N.A.P.P.
The information you supply us will be used lawfully, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. The Data Protection Act 2018 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.