Our Patient Group

What is a PPG?

• A group of staff and patients who meet to discuss how to improve and develop services within the practice 
• To provide an opportunity for patients to make positive and constructive suggestions/ideas  
• To encourage health education activities within the practice and into the local community 
• Fund raising to improve patient experience at the surgery, and to benefit local and national charities 
• We meet six times a year at the practice and there will always be a practice representative present.

WELLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP

Aims and Objectives

1. To act as a representative group that meet to influence the local provision of health and social care
2. To encourage communication and discussion between the surgery and patients on topics of mutual healthcare needs
3. To encourage self-help, promote good health and health education in the community
4. To allow patients to make positive suggestions about the practice and its services/other initiatives that would benefit the practice and its patients
5. Charitable fundraising for Wellington Medical Centre on specific practice based needs such as equipment/facilities and national fundraising.
6. The PPG is not intended as a forum to register complaints against the practice and any should be made through the Practice Manager.

Membership

1. Membership is open to all patients registered at WMC who have no medical training but interested in the services provided.
2. Members are asked to attend each meeting OR to join our Virtual Group whereby contact will be reached by eMail
3. Members may resign either verbally or in writing to the rest of the group at any time, without notice
4. The group has the power to suspend or terminate the membership of any member if it is felt that continued membership will be detrimental to the aims and objectives of the group and the group passes a majority resolution
5. The group shall meet approximately 6 times a year.
6. The positions of chairperson and secretary shall be re-elected annually.
7. An agenda shall be shared with the group at least 7 days before the next meeting, with chance to submit items open at any time up to a week before the planned meeting
8. Minutes will be recorded by the secretary and shared with the group in a timely fashion
9. It is the responsibility of the chairperson to chair all meetings.

If you are interested in becoming a member of our Patient Participation Group and helping to shape the nature of health services provided in your local community. please ask for an application form at reception.

Would you like to have a say about the services provided by the Wellington Medical Centre and the local NHS Service?

The Wellington Medical Centre and the Wellington Medical Centre Patient Participation Group are seeking to establish a Patient Reference Group within the registered patient list which it can contact on an ongoing basis. This would enable the Medical Centre to survey the views and opinions of its patients and have a collated collective opinion available when representing its Patient List.

Download the Patient Reference Group signup form.