1. Welcome to our 3rd public communication meeting

2. Agenda Welcome : Chair AMPPPG Shelagh Fearnley What is a PPG?
Practice Matters :Practice Manager Linda Coombs presents
Practice Matters contd. : Senior Partner, Dr. Phil Taylor
Q& A from the floor taken by Dr Taylor and Linda Coombes
Register on line : demonstration by Dave Evans Webmaster
Summary of feedback noted as the meeting progressed : Shelagh Fearnley
Close, thanks and an invitation to fill in contact consent forms
REFRESHMENTS served

3. What is a Patient Participation group (PPG)?
From April 2016, it has ben a contractual requirement for all English practices to form a PPG during the year ahead and to make reasonable efforts for this to be representative of the practice population.
The first PPG was set up by a GP in 1972.
Four in ten English practices now have a PPG.
PPG’s evolve to meet local needs, each PPG is different.
The aims and work of each PPG entirely depends on local needs.
Their aim is to ensure that their practice puts the patient, and improving health at the heart of everything it does
Funding a PPG is commensurate with their activities and are normally met by the practice. Funding is minimal. Recognition of the worth of an active PPG as a visible and necessary feature of practice , would normally result in obtaining adequate funding
National Association for Patient Participation ( NAPP) gives the following examples of what work a PPG can do…..

4. Ppgs provide the patient perspective by:
Conducting patient surveys or collecting feedback in the waiting room/ /text
Advising the practice and patients of new systems and treatments
Sharing good practice by networking with other PPGs
Could sit on recruitment panels for new staff
Lobbying to improve a whole range of health services

5. Ppgs promote health matters by:
6. Organising presentations on
important health needs
7. Producing a directory of self care
support groups
8.Running courses within the surgery
e.g. on line training
9. Raising awareness of key public
health messages e.g. newsletter
10. Running volunteer support groups

6. PPGS IMROVE COMMUNINCATION BY :
11. Distributing regular newsletters
12. Building 2 way relationships between
patients and the practice
13. Promoting awareness of and access to
local health services
14. Developing a patient library or
information resource centre
15. Improving the practice leaflets and
website

7. Ppgs influence the devlepoment of services by :
16. Advising on the development of new or existing
practice premises
17. Representing patient views on the purchase of
health services
18. Co-ordinating with other PPGs to improve wider
health care delivery
19. Bidding with the practice to provide new services
20. Fundraising to provide services not covered by
NHS England

8. And finally to summarise in 21 words:
21. Make stronger the relationship between patients and their practices, which is critical to the provision of modern, high-quality general practice
AMPPPG is not achieving all of 1-20 ( yet !) but since our formation in 2013, we believe we are striving towards 21! We are :

9. Ampppg has a core group with 14 members ,that meet bi monthy and a virtual group with 70 members
core group members are :
Shelagh Fearnley :chair since August 2016
Ann Veit :secretary
Val Culimore : virtual group co coordinator
Mike McAlpine: first chair and a founder member of AMPPPG
Bee Paignton : founder member
Georgina Borrough :founder member
Jo Gough: founder member
Dave Evans :webmaster
Richard Welfare :founder member
Pam Johnson : founder member
Andrew Moulding : founder member and local councillor
From the practice we have the support of all GPs and admin team and are delighted to have in our group
Linda Coombes practice manager
Dr Jonathon Halford
Dr james Ashby

10. ampppg has:
Met regularly with recorded agendas and minutes available to all patients
Written, produced and distributed regular newsletters
Forged and sustained positive relationships with local press
Linked with and campaigned for Axminster Hospital to be able to preserve its services
Conducted a patient and family study re the Impact on patients, GP’s ,families and carers of Axminster ‘s closed wards
In the process of adopting written Terms of References for AMPPPG
Offered on line training to help patients register on line
Forged and sustained links with Wakely Health groups and other local
PPGs
Proactively publicising permission forms re text contacts
Hosted 3 public communication meetings
Developed and updated the practice website
Joined the judging panel for the photographic competition 2016
TOGETHER WE CAN DO MORE….

11. Thank you for your attendance this evening.
If you want to know more about the AMPPPG please don’t hesitate to contact the surgery or
Shelagh Fearnley : chair
Ann Veit : secretary
We look forward to hearing from you.