The Patient Participation Group (PPG) provides a forum for patients to discuss practice issues and improve positive patient outcomes. The group is made up of patient volunteers who share their thoughts together via zoom and face to face meetings. Members of the PPG Group can be contacted through the surgery, new members are welcome.

Patient Participation Group Opportunity

Are you a patient with Odiham and Old Basing Health Centre over 16? An interest in the NHS? Or keen to make a difference to primary health care?

We are on the hunt for new volunteers to join our Patient Participation Group (PPG). The main purpose of a PPG being to advise the practice on the patient's perspective and provide an insight into the responsiveness and quality of services the practice offers.

The role will appeal to volunteers who are interested in helping facilitate an improvement in local medical care for families and who may also be interested in gaining an understanding into how the NHS's 'Primary Care' operates locally coupled with an awareness of the constraints it currently faces moving forwards.

It is important that the PPG is representative of the composition of our full patient base. Consequently we hope to secure volunteers from all age groups ensuring that they too 'have a voice' in how medical services are currently meeting their needs; additionally volunteers will actively be able to help influence changes in local healthcare provision for the future.

The volunteers we're looking to recruit would hopefully provide an insight into what concerns them locally within the healthcare area and to be able to cascade information to their friends / families and peer groups.

We meet quarterly and further involvement in specific campaigns / projects is encouraged but only if it fits around your lifestyle.

Skills

Must be a registered patient with Odiham and Old Basing Health Centre.

IT literate - ideally with a good working knowledge of social media.

This is an excellent opportunity for students interested in a career in medicine / health & social care to gain an understanding as to how primary care operates within the NHS.

Current Members

• Jonathan Brewin (Chair)
• Barbara Taylor
• Kevin Oliver
• Tricia Rocke
• Hayley Collins
• Ed Simpson
• Dr Jess Pizzotti
• Amy Molin
• Jo Evans

The Patient Participation Group is not a forum for raising a complaint. If you have any concerns about the Practice, its services or processes, please contact the Practice Management team.

The group would like to contact patients on occasion by email and/or text so that they can obtain the views of the widest group of patients possible. We would like to obtain your email address and mobile phone number to do this. Please complete the Patient Contact Form to provide your consent for this.