AINSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE PPG

The Patient Participation Group (PPG) is an independent group that forms a link between the patients of Ainsdale Medical Centre and its management. We are affiliated to the National Association of Patient Participation Groups (NAPP). Our aim is to be the voice of the patient informing decisions made in the running of the centre... In 2014 we started a virtual patient participation group by offering, through the surgery website, the opportunity for patients to discuss, offer experience or request advice about general medical subjects. Unfortunately at this time we did not have many hits on the website and although a small number of patients participated or responded to questions raised by the surgery manager and staff it did not appear to assist help find ways to develop the work of the practice. In 2015 we developed a meeting group from an appeal placed in the newsletter and on the web. We now meet about four to five times a year and through this initial period we have used the time..

Primary location: United Kingdom