Have Your Say on Health Services in Doncaster
Health Chiefs in Doncaster are supporting a national campaign to raise awareness of the importance of patient participation in GP practices to help meet the needs of local people.
Patient Participation Awareness Week organised by the National Association for Patient Participation (NAPP) takes place from June 2 to 7 and will promote the role and benefits of Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and their involvement in achieving the highest quality care for all patients.
All GP practices in Doncaster have a PPG, which usually meets every six to eight weeks, and they are always looking for new members to join. PPGs welcome young people, working people, retirees, carers, parents, people with long term health conditions and people from non-British ethnic groups to ensure a better representative model.
The aim of the groups is to give patients an opportunity to meet, discuss the services on offer and support their local practiced to help improve those services where necessary.
PPGs can help patients to access appropriate information to make more informed decisions about their care. They also provide opportunities for patients to take an active role in working alongside their local practices to improve the patient experience and encourage people to take greater responsibility for their own health.
Dr Nabeel Alsindi, Clinical Lead for Primary Care at Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group said: "Effective PPGs bring significant benefits to the local practices in Doncaster by helping to improve services and help practice staff be proactive in providing services that truly reflect what patients want and need. Most importantly they can help develop mutually supportive networks outside the GP or nurse appointment."
Members of the PPG also act as a link to the wider community and can provide practical support at times by running patient surveys, health awareness events and campaigns.
If you have an interest in health, and you feel that you could make a positive contribution in supporting your local health service then please contact your local GP practice direct or register your interest here https://www.primarycaredoncaster.co.uk/join-a-ppg
Dear Patient,
We would like to know how we can improve our service to you and how you perceive our surgery and staff.
To help us with this, we set up a patient participation group so that you can have your say. We will ask the members of this group some questions from time to time, such as what you think about our opening times or the quality of the care or service you received. We will keep our surveys succinct so it shouldn’t take too much of your time.
We aim to gather a group from as broad a spectrum as possible to get a truly representative sample. We need young people, workers, retirees, people with long term conditions and people from non-British ethnic groups.
Latest Meeting Minutes:
Chairmans report - AGM 2016
Patient_participation_enhanced_service_reporting template_ja310314.docx
PPG Information Leaflet
If you are happy for us to contact you occasionally click the link below to open the sign-up form and complete all the fields.
Complete the Patient Group Sign-up Form Online
If you prefer, you can download the sign up form as a pdf document, print it out, complete it and return it to the practice.
Download the pdf version of our sign up form
We will be in touch shortly after we receive your form. Please note that no medical information or questions will be responded to.
Many thanks for your assistance.
The information you supply us will be used lawfully, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to know what information is held about you and sets out rules to make sure that this information is handled properly.