Publicising patient participation groups.

Patient participation groups.

Involvement of patients and the public is meant to be at the heart of the coalition government’s health policy. Liberating the NHS claims to “strengthen the collective voice of patients and public.” Patient participation groups are one way in which the views of patients might be heard more clearly in future. Such groups emerged more than 30 years ago but have been slow to gain hold. In 2007, 41...

Patient participation groups: the national picture.

This article brings together research carried out by the National Association for Patient Participation from 2005 to 2009. Its aim was to capture the views of GP surgeries that have patient participation groups (PPGs) as well as those who do not. It also studied the views of PPGs affiliated to the National Association for Patient Participation (NAPP) about their role, their organisation and the...

Patient participation groups in general practice: building better partnerships.

Examining Patient Participation In

This study used a combination of quantitative and qualitative analytic approaches to examine the nature of patient participation in medical consultations. The hospital clinic interviews of 101 rheumatology outpatients were analysed using the Verbal Response Mode coding scheme. Patient participation was, in general, low throughout the consultation. In addition, high patient participation was sig...

What the patient wants from patient participation.

In a general practice with an existing patient participation group, a survey of patients was undertaken to ascertain knowledge of and interest in the group. It was hoped that this might avoid the failure that had befallen other groups of this type. Analysis of the questionnaire provided useful information: there was interest in the group, with a potential attendance of almost three-quarters of ...