Ensuring patients' voices are heard

PPG Awareness Week is next week, June 6 to June 11, and aims to promote the role and benefit of PPGs (Patient Participation Groups) to patients, the public and health professionals.
Your Say: letters, emails and comments on the news - from the Peterborough Telegraph, www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk, @peterboroughtel on Twitter, Facebook.com/peterboroughtodayYour Say: letters, emails and comments on the news - from the Peterborough Telegraph, www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk, @peterboroughtel on Twitter, Facebook.com/peterboroughtoday
Your Say: letters, emails and comments on the news - from the Peterborough Telegraph, www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk, @peterboroughtel on Twitter, Facebook.com/peterboroughtoday

Supported by NAPP (National Association for Patient Participation), PPG Awareness Week will create more understanding of the value of patient participation and the work of PPGs across the country.

PPGs are groups of patients who have an interest in the services provided by their local GP practices.

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The aim of the PPG is to represent patients’ views and cross barriers, embracing diversity and working in partnership with the GP practice to improve common understanding.

Our PPGs play a vital role in raising issues and opinions on behalf of their local patients.

They give practice staff and patients the opportunity to discuss topics of mutual interest, and provide all patients with the opportunity to feedback on local health services and to voice any concerns they may have.

In addition, PPGs perform a crucial role in helping to develop projects to meet the needs of fellow patients, helping patients understand the challenges faced by general practice, and acting as a representative group that can be called upon to influence the local provision of health and social care services.

To find out more about PPGs and joining a PPG visit NAPP’s website http://www.napp.org.uk/ppgawarenessweek.html

Simon Hopkinson