Promoting patient participation to save general practice
The front door to the NHS is buckling and it is up to the nation to support it – not just policy makers, not just medical practitioners, but all of us.
This week is Patient Participation Group Awareness Week and we are highlighting the critical role patients need to play now to empower their communities, uphold general practice and support the NHS.
Letter to the Times by our Patron, Sir Denis Pereira Gray “Why general practitioners are invaluable to the NHS”
Published 25/11/21
The National Association for Patient Participation (CIO) is holding the first Annual General Meeting (AGM), followed by a seminar on the subject of ‘Access’.
Date: Saturday 6th November
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Teleconference (via Zoom)
Seminar keynote speakers: Dr Farah Jameel (BMA), Gemma Jackson (Chair, Thornton Practice PPG), Closing remarks: Sir Denis Pereira Gray (Patron N.A.P.P.)
The National Association for Patient Participation (N.A.P.P.), the national voice for patient participation in Primary Care, is looking to recruit a new Chairperson. The outgoing Chairperson, Dr Folarin Majekodunmi is stepping down after serving a 3-year term
The National Association for Patient Participation (N.A.P.P.), the national voice for patient participation in Primary Care, is looking to recruit a number of new trustees, including a Board Secretary, to the Board.
N.A.P.P. are delighted to work with Health First Europe as part of their Europe wide Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) patient group aimed at addressing antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infections through patient empowerment.
Quality and Safety in the NHS Research Programme
N.A.P.P. – National Patients Champion for the Self Care Forum
Engaging in Commissioning
This pilot project, developed jointly with PPG members, was completed in March 2013 and has informed the development of a new N.A.P.P. resource to support PPGs, CCGs and Local Area Teams.
The PPG Commissioning Champions Project aimed to develop and test resources to support the informed and active engagement of PPGs in commissioning by increasing patient and public understanding of the new arrangements and to help build relationships between PPGs and commissioners including the Area Teams of NHS England which are responsible for commissioning Primary Care Services delivered by GPs. The outcome of the pilot was a N.A.P.P. ‘learning framework for commissioning’. An outline is available here.
The project developed and tested an empowerment and learning model which supports PPG members to become more knowledgeable and confident about the new NHS commissioning arrangements helping them to champion the effective involvement of their PPGs and PPG Networks in commissioning. By passing on their expertise, knowledge and support champions will empower other PPGs to engage and ensure that patients’ voices are at the heart of commissioning decisions.
Forty nine members of PPGs from four pilot sites in South Cheshire, Milton Keynes, North Staffordshire and Leicester City successfully completed the N.A.P.P. Commissioning Champions project in April 2013 and were awarded certificates to mark their achievement in becoming ‘champions’.
Certificates were presented by John Bewick OBE, Director of Commissioning Development from NHS England. These 49 participants using the empowerment approach are now supporting PPG Networks to engage with commissioners representing a total of 147 practices and over 1 million patients
The project evaluated extremely highly.
Care Quality Commission PPG Group Sounding Board