Resources for Patient Participation Groups (The Patients Association, April 2023)

Summary

Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) are generally made up of a group of volunteer patients, the practice manager and one or more of the GPs from a practice. PPGs meet on a regular basis to discuss the services on offer, and how improvements can be made for the benefit of patients and the practice.

The Patients Association has produced this set of videos and resources for PPGs, including:

• information on why GP practices and Primary Care Networks need patient groups
• step-by-step guide to establishing a GP patient group
• reasons to have a patient group and what’s in it for the GP practice and patients
• effectively working together in partnership
• recruitment, increasing diversity and communicating with the wider patient population.