Written by Dom Partridge, Medical Author
sixth to thirteenth June 2022 is Affected person Participation Group (PPG) Consciousness Week; aiming to boost the profile of PPGs inside main healthcare.
The primary Affected person Participation Group
The primary PPG was arrange in 1972 by Dr Peter Pritchard at his observe in Berinsfield, close to Oxford, and in 1975 he revealed a paper within the British Medical Journal detailing his observations. Though this paper was revealed practically 50 years in the past, the problems that members raised nonetheless resonate right now. For instance, it’s fascinating to learn that receptionists struggled to suit everybody in, whereas staffing difficulties at weekends and evenings, and the necessity for restricted non-urgent consulting time in “unsocial hours”, have been mentioned. Dr Pritchard goes on to notice that after listening to sufferers’ issues and ideas, a booklet on “hints on preserving nicely” was written and distributed, and a chiropody service with transport for older folks was organised.
Present Affected person Participation Teams
Within the 50 years since Dr Pritchard’s innovation, PPGs have grow to be commonplace all through the nation. Their function nevertheless has remained comparable, they now:
- Advise the observe on the affected person perspective
- Organise well being promotion occasions
- Talk with the broader affected person physique
- Run volunteer providers and help teams to fulfill native wants
- Perform analysis into the views of those that use the observe (and their carers)
- Affect the observe or the broader NHS to enhance commissioning
- Fundraise to enhance the providers offered by the observe.
You could have seen that one facet of PPGs specifically has remained constant; communication.
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