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Making a difference

Diverse people in a supporting group session

When you think back to the reason why you started working in general practice, was it because it was well paid? You loved the hours? Was it convenient geographically? Perhaps those suggestions are part of the answer, but I bet most of you wanted to make a difference. It’s what drives so many of us – having an impact…

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Yes you CAN have a great PPG! – By Nicola Davies

Yes you CAN have a great PPG! - By Nicola Hayward

By Nicola Davies A successful PPG, finally! My patient group is outstanding, and it’s not just me saying that, CQC agreed with me. Our recent ‘Outstanding’ rating is largely down to the fantastic work my Patient Participation Group has done and continues to do for our community. For a number of years, they have been working…

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Meeting the CQC: perspectives of a PPG Chairman – Part 3

Meeting the CQC perspectives of a PPG Chairman

You may or may not have read my previous blogs giving a PPG Chairman’s perspective of a CQC inspection, but I promised a final installment to review our report. Observant ones among you will wonder why the delay, especially considering the first two blogs were published last Autumn? With Spring now sprung the simple answer:…

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Meeting the CQC: perspectives of a PPG Chairman – Part 2

Meeting the CQC perspectives of a PPG Chairman

After 15 minutes providing the CQC chief inspector (aka ‘the chief’) with a thorough overview of the PPG things started to get a bit more interesting and I must admit that I found the remainder of the ‘discussion’ valuable, insightful, useful and in a few cases ‘eye-opening’! As best I can, I’ll try and group…

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Meeting the CQC: perspectives of a PPG Chairman – Part 1

Meeting the CQC perspectives of a PPG Chairman

Part one of three: The CQC inspection process through the eyes of a PPG chairman  “As a PPG Chairman I’ve heard a lot about the CQC in recent times… so last month I admit I was particularly pleased to hear they were visiting our practice. Being a proactive PPG chair, I encouraged PPG members to do…

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The rise of virtual PPGs

The rise of virtual PPGs

Patient participation groups (PPGs) are now an integral part of GP practices up and down the country. Indeed, in April 2016 it became a contractual requirement for all English practices to form a patient participation group (PPG) within 12 months and to make reasonable efforts for this to be representative of the practice population. That…

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Patient Participation Group – Online Forum

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Patient Participation Groups usually meet face-to-face throughout the year to discuss surgery matters but now there is myPPG.co.uk. myPPG is the first nationwide forum for PPG members to talk in an online forum environment, meaning you can involve patients from the wider population and really start to diversify your PPG. myPPG.co.uk is now open to all practices and…

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