Our Patient Participation Group
What is the Patient Participation Group?
The practice has a Patient Participation Group (PPG) which acts independently of the practice. Its job is to represent the patients of the surgery in helping the practice to design services to meet the needs of its patients.
The agreed aims of the PPG are:
• Contribute to practice decision making and will consult on service development and provision
• Provide feedback on patients’ needs, concerns and interests and challenge the practice constructively whenever necessary
• Serve as a ‘safety valve’ for dealing with grumbles and complaints about the practice, so representing patients but ensuring the practice’s point of view is considered
• Help communicate information to the practice community
• Give patients a voice in the organisation of their care
• Influence the provision of secondary (hospital) care and social care locally
• Liase with other PPGs if necessary
Latest News
Please find copies of the minutes from the last few PPG meetings and an annual report by clicking on the tab above. Copies of all the meeting minutes are available either from the practice or from the Secretary of the PPG. Also, please find the link to our latest Local Patient Participation Report.
Join Our Group
If you would like to join the PPG, and new members are alway welcome, please contact the PPG either clicking here to complete our online form, by email on their dedicated email address: ppg.thorpe@nhs.net
The elected officers of the PPG are:
Sue Ramsbottom, Chair
Roger Barker, Secretary
THE NEXT PPG MEETING IS WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL 2018 7PM
AT THORPE-LE-SOKEN SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB