What is a PPG?
A PPG or Patient Participation Group is a group of patients, carers and GP practice staff who meet to discuss practice issues and patient experiences in order to help improve the healthcare services available to patients. Including liaising with other with other community health care workers, Health Authorities and other persons or organisations concerned with health care.
Central Surgery PPG are not just a conduit between patients and surgery. But are also an active group that wants to ensure a smooth patient journey for both parties. To this end, Central Surgery have asked the PPG to assist in the on-going development of the surgery, and to provide a means for patients to become more involved, sharing ideas and make suggestions about the healthcare services they receive and how they can be improved.
Objectives
- To see that all parties are kept up to date with any changes within the surgery, and to ensure that any relevant information is passed on as quickly and accurately as possible.
- To represent patient views and improve communication between patients and the surgery.
- To assist the practice on the education needs of the patient community in regard to preventative medicine, healthy lifestyle choices, appropriate use of healthcare services and any other areas as to improve the health of the patient community and the efficient use of medical resources.
- To bring to the attention of the surgery, any new or existing services that could be of benefit to the patients, but that is not currently being offered.
- To contribute to the practice development process and comment upon any resulting action plans.
It's free to become a member!
If you would like to be involved, please email you name to Admin.MailboxF81086@nhs.net
If you are interested but do not have time to attend our meetings, you could become part of our Virtual Patient Participation Group via emails. We inform you of new, changing practice or local services, send you satisfaction surveys and ask for your comments. Please give us your email address so we can contact you.
If you know someone who is a patient at the surgery, and not already a member, please ask them to join also.
View our PPG Information Leaflet (DOCX, 17KB)
PPG Meeting Minutes
2025
PPG meeting minutes 31st March 2025 (DOCX, 16KB)
2024
PPG meeting minutes 25 November 2024 (DOCX, 20KB).
PPG meeting minutes 30 September 2024 (DOCX, 15KB).
PPG meeting minutes 15 July 2024 (DOCX, 19KB).
PPG meeting minutes 13th May 2024 (DOCX, 28KB)
2023
PPG meeting minutes 4th December 2023 (DOCX, 18KB)
PPG meeting minutes 30th January 2023 (DOCX, 17KB)
2022
PPG meeting minutes 28th November 2022 (DOCX, 22KB)
PPG meeting minutes 26th September 2022 (DOCX, 22KB)
PPG meeting minutes 25th July 2022 (DOCX, 17KB)
PPG meeting minutes 23rd May 2022 (DOCX, 13KB)
Christine Lloyd Tribute (DOCX, 12KB)
PPG meeting minutes 21st March 2022 (DOC, 23KB)
PPG meeting minutes 24th January 2022 (DOCX, 17KB)
2021
PPG meeting minutes 29th November 2021 (DOCX, 16KB)
PPG meeting minutes 20th September 2021 (DOCX, 15KB)
PPG meeting minutes 19th July 2021 (DOCX, 14KB)
PPG meeting minutes 24th May 2021 (DOCX, 14KB)
PPG meeting minutes 23rd March 2021 (DOCX, 16KB)
PPG meeting minutes 18th January 2021 (DOCX, 15KB)
2020
PPG meeting (virtual) minutes 7th September 2020 (DOCX, 15KB)
PPG meeting (virtual) minutes 13th July 2020 (DOCX, 19KB)
2019
PPG meeting minutes 25th November 2019 (DOCX, 20KB)
PPG meeting minutes 23rd September 2019 (DOCX, 18KB)
PPG meeting minutes 22nd July 2019 (DOCX, 24KB)
PPG meeting minutes 21st May 2019 (DOCX, 23KB)
PPG meeting minutes 26th March 2019 (DOCX, 21KB)
PPG meeting minutes 21st January 2019 (DOCX, 21KB)
2018
PPG meeting minutes 5th November 2018 (DOCX, 21KB)
PPG meeting minutes 10th September 2018 (DOCX, 19KB)
PPG meeting minutes 2 July 2018 (DOCX, 20KB)
PPG meeting minutes 23 April 2018 (DOCX, 20KB)
PPG meeting minutes 19 February 2018 (DOCX, 21KB)
2017
PPG meeting minutes 27 November 2017 (DOCX, 19KB)
PPG meeting minutes 25 September 2017 (DOC, 34KB)
PPG meeting minutes 17 July 2017 (DOC, 37KB)
PPG meeting minutes 23 May 2017 (DOCX, 19KB)
PPG meeting minutes 20 March 2017 (DOC, 31KB)
PPG meeting minutes 16 January 2017 (DOC, 38KB)
2016
PPG meeting minutes 21 November 2016 (DOC, 27KB)
PPG meeting minutes 19 September 2016 (DOC, 29KB)
PPG meeting minutes 18 July 2016 (DOC, 34KB)
PPG meeting minutes 23 May 2016 (DOC, 34KB)
PPG meeting minutes 7 March 2016 (DOC, 30KB)
PPG meeting minutes 19 January 2016 (DOCX, 25KB)
2015
PPG minutes meeting 9th November 2015 (DOCX, 24KB)
PPG minutes meeting 14th September 2015 (DOC, 28KB)
PPG minutes meeting 13th July 2015 (DOCX, 22KB)
PPG minutes meeting 18th May 2015 (DOCX, 14KB)
PPG minutes meeting 2 March 2015 (DOC, 25KB)
PPG minutes meeting 26 January 2015 (DOC, 38KB)
2014
PPG minutes meeting 27 October 2014 (DOC, 40KB)
PPG minutes meeting 1 September 2014 (DOC, 40KB)
PPG minutes meeting 2 June 2014 (DOC, 39KB)
PPG minutes meeting 31 March 2014 (DOC, 39KB)
PPG minutes meeting 27 January 2014 (DOC, 42KB)
Survey Report 2014/15
View signed document for our Patient Participation Group Report 2014/15 (JPG, 214KB)
Download our Patient Participation Group Report 2014/15 (DOCX, 38KB)
Download our Patient Appointment Survey Report 2014/15 (DOCX, 23KB)
Survey Report 2011/2012
View GPAQ (General Practice Assessment Questionnaire) Patients Survey Undertaken in 2011/2012 (DOCX, 17KB)
Patient Participation Group Newsletters/Letters
Download Summer 2018 PPG newsletter (PDF, 478KB)
Download Spring 2018 PPG newsletter (PDF, 203KB)
Download October 2015 PPG newsletter (DOC, 24KB)
Download May 2015 PPG letter (DOCX, 24KB)
Download June 2009 PPG newsletter (DOC, 500KB)
Download the Introductory PPG letter (DOCX, 24KB)
Practice Newsletters
View our Practice Newsletters
Links
National Association for Patient Participation NAPP: www.napp.org.uk
Patient UK - Health Information and Advice: www.patient.co.uk