Patient Group Overview – Addingham Surgery

What is a Patient Participation Group?

The surgery has an active Patients Participation Group (PPG). It is a direct link between you (the patient) and the medical services provided by the practice. The group provide a forum for patients to contribute to the decision making and service development within the surgery.

What is a Virtual Patient Participation Group?

This is a group which has been set up in response to patients who have said they would like to be involved in a Patient Group but are unable to attend meetings. As a member of the Virtual Patient Participation Group we will send you emails asking for your opinion on a range of topics. You decide how often and when you would like to answer.

To join either our Patient Participation Group or our ‘Virtual’ Patient Participation Group, please complete PPG Sign Up Form and return it to a member of our Reception Team at the Surgery.

What does the PPG do?

It will act on your behalf to:

Contribute to the improvement of services
Improve communication between the practice and patients
Provide practice support for change
Organise ‘awareness’ days for patients on specific problems, eg obesity, men’s health, women’s health, carers’ support, etc.

What it is not:

A forum for individual disagreements between you and the practice
A Doctor’s fan club
A burden to Practice staff

Please click APPG Constitution January 2023 to read the PPG Constitution

Please click here Aims and Objectives 2022 to read the PPG Aims and Objectives

PPG Members

Your PPG members are fellow patients and are listed below.

Rachael Sharples (Chair)
Barbara Haigh (Treasurer & Secretary)
Carole Armitage (Deputy Chair)
Chris Acomb
Ann Bacon
Alan Davies
Shirley Twigg
Vicki Wells
James Bloomer
Margaret Norris
Carole Sloan
Rob Smith
Stephen Noblett
Christina Jenkins

Young or old, it’s your Medical Practice so have your say…

If you have any suggestions on improving services at Addingham Surgery or any other issues you wish discussed then please contact us via email: B83620.addingham@nhs.net

If you wish to help with the Patients Participation Group for Addingham Surgery, please feel free to contact us via the email address.

All information submitted to the group is held in the strictest confidence. Public rights of confidentiality will be adhered to with every enquiry. All enquiries will be considered and outcomes of suggestions will be notified on a regular basis.

Notifications of meetings of the PPG will also be notified to the community.

Next meeting date: Monday 8th April 2024