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Patient participation group

What is a PPG?

A group of volunteer patients, carers and surgery staff who meet regularly to discuss and support the running of the surgery.

Patient Participation Groups look at the services offered, patient experience and how improvements can be made for the benefit of everyone.

Each Patient Participation Group is different, but they all have the aim of making sure that the surgery puts the patient, and improving health, at the heart of everything it does.

The aims of the patient participation group

  • To offer opinions in a constructive manner and to put forward ideas on behalf of other patients.
  • To improve the provision of health care.
  • To improve communication between surgery, patients and the wider community about matters concerning the surgery and health in general.
  • To provide assistance in development of new services.
  • To encourage a spirit of self help and support amongst patients to improve their health and social care.

Members of our Patient Participation Group (PPG)

“Working for the benefit of patients and the surgery.”

We would like to know how we can improve our service to you and how you perceive our surgery and staff.

To help us with this, we have a Patient Participation Group so that you can have your say.

We aim to gather patients from as broad a spectrum as possible, to get a truly representative sample. We need young people, workers, retirees, people with long term conditions and people from non British ethnic groups.

If you are interested in joining our group, please register using our online form.

Please note that no medical information or questions will be responded.

Join our Patient Participation Group

All registered patients are able to join our Patient Participation Group. People of all genders, ages, ethnicities, and those with health conditions and disabilities are encouraged to join.

Members should as far as possible, be representative of the surgery population.

To join:

  • fill out a Patient Participation Group registration form
  • phone us on 01603 228686
Page last reviewed: 09 November 2026
Page created: 06 November 2026