{"id":423,"date":"2025-10-07T20:38:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhs-demo.surgeryweb.org.uk\/?page_id=423"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:59:09","slug":"patient-participation-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a85614\/patient-participation-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Participation Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Patient Participation Group was set up by a GP in 1972 and many general practices in England now have a PPG. Generally made up of a group of volunteer patients, the practice manager and one or more of the GPs from the practice, they meet on a regular basis to discuss the services on offer, and how improvements can be made for the benefit of patients and the practice.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to be a member of our PPG then please fill out the form below and email it over to <a href=\"mailto:nencicb-ng.bridgesmedicalpractice@nhs.net\">nencicb-ng.bridgesmedicalpractice@nhs.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a85614\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Patient_participation_group_joining_form.docx\">PPG Joining Form (DOCX, 16KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To give you an idea of what is discussed, the meeting notes are below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a85614\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PPG_Meeting_26.1.2022.docx\">PPG Meeting 26.1.2022 (DOCX, 26KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have an open agenda, where any of our registered patients can add something to be discussed at PPG meetings. Please send your ideas, suggestions &amp; queries to the email above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Patient Participation Group was set up by a GP in 1972 and many general practices in England now have a PPG. Generally made&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a85614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a85614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a85614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a85614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a85614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a85614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/a85614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}