Growing Patient Participation

Case studies

The first PPG was set up in 1972 and today, 41% of general practices in England have a PPG. Across the country, PPGs are implementing real, positive change for their practices and their local communities. Here are some examples of their work.

Addingham Medical Centre Patient Participation Group

Addingham Medical Centre Patient Participation Group

Gordon Campbell, chair of Addingham Medical Centre Patient Participation Group in Yorkshire, talks about applying a modern business model to how the practice operates

Coppice Surgery and Angmering Medical Centre PPG

Coppice Surgery and Angmering Medical Centre PPG

Ros Carpenter, liaison officer and founding member of Coppice Surgery and Angmering Medical Centre Patient Participation Group, talks about their efforts to make patients’ lives easier

Daybrook PPG

Daybrook PPG

Sheila Rodgers, member of Daybrook PPG in Nottingham, talks about organising health promotion days for patients on issues ranging from smoking to obesity

Davenport House PPG

Davenport House PPG

Roger Gedye, Chair of the Davenport House PPG in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, talks about the group's work to connect the practice with its patients, and provide patients with advice on a range of health issues.

Friends of Greystone House PPG

Friends of Greystone House PPG

Les Rundle, treasurer of Greystone House Surgery’s PPG in Surrey, explains how gaining charitable status enabled his group to buy and donate equipment to the surgery

Mansfield Medical Centre Patient Panel, Coventry

Mansfield Medical Centre Patient Panel, Coventry

Sue Line, Chair of the Mansfield Medical Centre Patient Panel talks about giving the surgery a facelift and delivering self care courses for all.

NHS Norfolk Primary Care Trust

NHS Norfolk Primary Care Trust

NHS Norfolk recently set up a PPG Information Exchange Newsletter, with the aim of bringing all...

Friends of Saltash Health Centre

Friends of Saltash Health Centre

Karen Ash, a member of Friends of Saltash Health Centre in Cornwall, talks about the ways the group engages with the patient population

Omnia Practice

Omnia Practice

Ann Parnaby, coordinator of the Omnia Practice PPG in Birmingham, talks about injecting creativity into the running of the PPG and responding to patient feedback.

Overdale Medical Practice Patient Participation Group

Overdale Medical Practice Patient Participation Group

Josta Gardner, a member of the Overdale Medical Practice Patient Participation Group in Derbyshire explained how their work helps patients to better manage their own health.

Patients Forum at the Whaddon House Surgery

Patients Forum at the Whaddon House Surgery

Richard Winter, member of Patients Forum at the Whaddon House Surgery in Bletchley, talks about being part of one of the first practices in Milton Keynes to set up a PPG

Patient Partners PPG at Moreton Health Clinic

Patient Partners PPG at Moreton Health Clinic

Bob Sedden, Chair of Patient Partners at the Morton Health Clinic in The Wirral, explains how his PPG helped deliver more flexible opening times

Ridgeway Surgery Patient Group

Ridgeway Surgery Patient Group

Sarah Carter, a founding member of The Ridgeway Surgery Patient Group in Harrow talks about hosting health promotion events for patients

Rushey Green Group Practice Patient Group

Rushey Green Group Practice Patient Group

Gemila Sultan, a member of staff at the Rushey Green Group Practice in Catford, London, and who chairs their recently formed Patient Group, talks about success so far as a fledgling PPG.

St Leonard’s Medical Practice Patients’ Group

St Leonard’s Medical Practice Patients’ Group

Gordon Read, member of St Leonard’s Medical Practice Patients’ Group in Exeter, talks about the work of his group in fundraising for the practice and helping the annual winter flu jab clinic run smoothly.

The Meadowfields Practice Patient Participation Group

The Meadowfields Practice Patient Participation Group

Geraldine Evans, founding member of the Meadowfields Practice PPG in Derby, talks about setting up a bereavement service and running health awareness events.

Wheathampstead PPG

Wheathampstead PPG

Audrey Capy, founder of the Wheathampstead PPG at the Village Surgery in Wheathampstead, near Harpenden, talks about the importance of being a representative of the local community to her practice.

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