PPG

Since 2015, it has been a requirement for every GP practice in the UK to have a Patients Participation Group (PPG). The PPG is open to every patient on the GP practice list. All communities, groups, ages, genders, ethnicities, and disabilities representing the patient list are encouraged to join.  There are no other membership requirements except that patients must be registered with the practice.

The Deepings Practice PPG is a group of volunteer patients that come together regularly with the practice manager and one or more GP’s to discuss the health services offered by the practice and see how improvements can be made to them for the benefit of patients and their carers.

Any patient can volunteer and get involved in supporting the PPG, but there is a process for patients to be elected to join the PPG. This is covered later in this document.  The PPG meets formally every month at the practice for a PPG meeting. Informally, when we feel they are needed, we meet at various local locations in and around Deeping or on Zoom video conferences. The purpose of these informal meetings is to help each other work on current projects as well as discuss and prioritise new ones.

All members of the PPG agree to abide by our constitution.