The Vines PPG (PATIENT PARTICIPATION  GROUP)

Terms of Reference - October 2011

Aims of the Vine’s PPG

   • Provide support and assistance to the practice, in terms of health provision, service development and maintaining/ developing the premises.

   • Act as a conduit to express patient views to the surgery and surgery matters to the patients.

   • Assist the surgery in interpreting patient feedback, identifying priorities and implementing possible changes to the benefit of all.

   • Work with the practice to develop and achieve the commissioning agenda

   • Develop links with other PPG groups in the area, via the local GP Commissioning Group and PCT.

Modus Operandi

   • The group will have a maximum membership of 12 patients at any one time, with a turnover of 1/3 (i.e. 4 people) a year.

   • The Chairperson will be an elected post with re-elections held annually.

   • The group will also elect a consortia representative with re-elections to be held annually.

   • At least one member of the VMC Partnership to attend the meetings.

   • Administrative support to be provided the VMC staff.

   • Premises for meetings to be provided by the VMC.

   • The group will meet a minimum of four times a year.

   • The quorum for any group meeting is five, out of which three members must be patients.

   • PPG information including minutes of the meetings, terms of reference to be made available to all patients of the VMC.