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MANEA      MA TTERS
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         What is a PPG?







      A
           Patient Participation Group
           (PPG) is a group of patients,
           carers and GP practice staff
      who meet to discuss practice issues
      and patient experience to improve
      the  service.    The  purpose  of  a  PPG
      is to give patients and practice staff
      the opportunity to meet and discuss
      topics of mutual interest.
        The first PPG was set up
        on 30th November 1972               Although it is interesting to note that there is
         at The Health Centre in            no single or definitive model for a PPG this is
         Berinsfield, near Oxford           considered a good thing.  Each group can evolve
                                            and  develop  and  be  different  according  to  the
     PPGs within General Practices are not new.  The   wishes of the patients in each Practice - the
     first PPG was set up on 30th November 1972   Practice Population.
     at The Health Centre in Berinsfield, near Oxford.     At this moment in time Manea Surgery is
     Since April 2016 all GP practices in England are   undergoing  some  PPG  changes  in  order  for
     now required to have in place a PPG as part of   this to operate effectively for Manea village.
     complying with the GP contract.  However, there   Providing the Practice / PPG provides an article
     is no particular requirement, nor description in   we hope to publish bespoke information in the
     statute, of what constitutes a PPG, what it can   next edition of Manea Matters.
     do, how it should be organised, and whether
     it should be a face-to-face group or a virtual
     group, or both.  Advice and guidance can
     be sought from the National Association
     for Patient Participation (NAPP).
     NAPP  is a  registered  charity
     in England and Wales; formed
     in 1978 and now acts as an
     umbrella organisation for
     PPGs within the Primary Care
     setting.




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