Patient Partnership Group  

 
The College has an active Patient Partnership Group (PPG) through which it maintains its links with patients and their concerns. The College 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.
 
Its terms of reference are:
  1. to communicate to the College and its Council areas of patient concern with a view to influencing College policy at all levels; 
  2. to consider how best a consistent, equitable and patient-centred quality of care for all can be achieved; 
  3. to encourage and support the role of the College in involving patients in their own care; 
  4. to encourage the involvement of patients in their own care; 
  5. to encourage the inclusion of patients in the development of health care services at all levels; 
  6. to foster relations between patients and their medical advisers on the basis of openness, equity, honesty and individual integrity; 
  7. to encourage College faculties to involve patients in all aspects of their activities; 
  8. to review regularly the best way for PPG to link with other patient groups within the College; 
  9. to review regularly whether or not these terms of reference are being fulfilled and remain relevant 
The RCGP Patient Partnership Group (PPG) was first established in 1983. It was the first College to set up a PPG; most other Royal Medical Colleges now have similar groups.
  
Patient Partnership Groups  
 
The Patient Partnership Group is made up of a group of individuals representing patient issues in general practice. This differs from patient participation groups which are groups of patients, usually within a practice, which aim to develop self help and improve their own primary care. These Groups often help to benefit patient care within a practice, for example by arranging transport for elderly or disabled patients for medical appointments or by running self help groups, for example weight watcher sessions.
 
The PPG has links with other patient organisations, including the National Association of Patient Participation (N.A.P.P), which has an information pack on how to set up a patient partnership group. For further information visit the NAPP website. 
  
Patient Participation Award    
 
The College has a Patient Participation Award aimed at encouraging the development of patient participation in general practice within the United Kingdom. This award is to be used to benefit the patients of a practice or to further patient participation.  The College is grateful to the late Nancy Dennis, a former PPG Chairman, who donated the fund to establish this award.  Please use link for further details of the award.
   
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