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A guide to establishing a GP practice patient group

As part of the Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB project on invigorating local patient participation groups, it ran a session based on feedback from a survey asking practices what they were struggling with to (re)establish groups after the pandemic and covers:

Step one – recruitment
Step two – setting up and running a meeting
Step three – keeping in touch with the patient group
Step four – communicating with the wider patient population.

Watch the video of the session.

You can also download the slides that go with this session.

The Patients Association also has a toolkit on developing PPGs.

Explore all the resources created by the patient groups in Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board.

12th April 2023

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