Simpson House PPG

About The Group

Simpson House Patient Participation Group was founded more than a decade ago, in April 2014. It grew out of the virtual Patient Reference Group formed in 2011. The PPG meets around 4 times per year.

New members are always welcome, the only criteria being that you must be a patient at the Practice.

The primary function of a Patient Participation Group (PPG) is to provide a platform for patients to actively participate in healthcare decision-making, offering feedback and suggestions to improve services and ensuring patient needs are met. Essentially, PPGs act as a voice for patients, influencing healthcare practices and promoting a more patient-centered approach.

They facilitate open communication between patients and the practice staff, fostering trust and shared understanding.

By collecting feedback and suggesting improvements, PPGs contribute to a more efficient and effective healthcare system. PPGs provide a venue for patients and healthcare professionals to discuss and make decisions together, ensuring services are aligned with patient needs and priorities.

They offer practical support, help patients take more responsibility for their own health, and provide strategic input and advice. They can also help monitor changes in services and evaluate the effectiveness of new initiatives.

About This Website

The PPG has done its work for many years with little to no real publicity. Although briefly mentioned on the main Practice website, its existence was buried within the menus, so unless you were deliberately looking for it, you would almost certainly never know it was there.

To raise its profile within the patient body and to improve accessibility for those wishing to raise issues or make suggestions for changes and improvements to services at Simpson House, the PPG decided that it would be beneficial to have its own internet presence, with its own website - separate from, but complementary to, the main Practice website.

The PPG already has a Digital Health Access⧉ website, designed to help those having difficulty using their mobile devices and computers to sign-up and access the increasing range of on-line health services, to make appointments, view test results and their medical records.