Working With Patients
Role of the College
One of the most important partnerships for the College and its
membership is with patients. The College established a Patients
Liaison Group (PLG) in 1983. It was the first College to set up a
PLG, although most other Royal Medical Colleges now have similar
groups. The College maintains its links with patients and their
concerns through this group, now named the Patient Partnership
Group (PPG), and thus ensures that the views of patients are taken
into account in the development of general practice. The Group,
which comprises general practitioners and lay members, advises the
College on a range of medical issues and has produced several
documents giving guidance.
The College also has one Lay representative on
Council.