Patient Participation Group

Are you interested in joining a Patient Participation Group (PPG)? If so, you’re in luck. The Brooke Surgery has a PPG that meets monthly, and we encourage registered patients to get involved.

Why Join Patient Participation Groups?

PPGs are becoming increasingly important in helping patients have a say in the way healthcare services are delivered in their communities. Patients today want to be treated as whole people and expect to have more say in their own healthcare. PPGs can help develop a partnership between patients and their surgery, communicate key health matters, reduce costs, and improve services by identifying changes that the practice may not have considered.

PPGs have an increasingly important role to play in helping to give patients a say in the way services are delivered to best meet their needs and the needs of the local community.

PPGs can help GPs to develop an equal partnership with their patients. They can help them to communicate accurately and honestly with individual patients, and with the wider community about key health matters. They can also help to reduce costs and improve services by identifying changes that the practice may not have considered, allowing resources to be used more efficiently. What is more, they can develop mutually supportive networks for patients and the practice, outside of individual appointments.

When are the Patient Participation Group Meetings Held?

At The Brooke Surgery, we hold meetings once a month, either in person or virtually. You will receive meeting agendas, minutes, and updates about what the PPG is doing via email, and your input and views are valued.

If you want to join our PPG, simply fill out our secure online form. We’ll be in touch soon. You can also view previous meeting minutes, including information on the next meeting.