Patient Participation Group

A Patient Participation Group (PPG) is a group of people who are patients of the surgery and want to help it work as well as it can for patients, doctors and staff.

The NHS requires every practice to have a PPG. PPG members are expected to approach the role with objectivity, tact and diplomacy, drawing on and using their own experience to inform discussions and decisions, in a manner that respects the priorities and concerns of all patients.

Reasons for joining the PPG

You may have been to the surgery as a patient, parent, carer or friend and all these experiences matter. You could bring different ideas to the PPG to help the surgery care for patients better or to improve what they do in some way. You could also gain a better understanding of the NHS and gather feedback from other patients.

If you would like to know more about how you could contribute to the work of PPGs, please contact us for an informal chat

Signup and become a PPG member

Single PPG

Rothschild House Group has a single PPG for all patients, wherever their usual surgery is located.

This single PPG is made up of three smaller local committees: Tring/Pitstone, Berkhamsted and Markyate. Representatives of the three committees work together to support patients’ interests irrespective of their geographic location or registered surgery within the Rothschild House Group.

Representatives of the three local committees bring forward queries, concerns and issues which affect all patients to regular patient group committee meetings with Rothschild House Group staff. The PPG receive strong support from the management of the Rothschild House Group, who recognise the value of patients contributing to decisions about their healthcare.

The PPG also participates in our local Primary Care Network meetings - Rothschild House Group are members of Alpha PCN. These meetings involve a number of other healthcare organisations, including local hospitals, ambulance trusts and Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board, which replaced Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group in July 2022. The attendance of the PPG in these meetings ensures that our patients’ views are represented at a regional level and that our patients are receiving accurate and up-to-date information about plans and new services which may affect their healthcare. 

We believe firmly that patient involvement in healthcare discussions helps maintain high standards of care and communication within the Rothschild House Group surgeries and in the wider NHS services to which patients may be referred.

Our PPG is also a member of the National Association for Patient Participation (N.A.P.P.) which is a valuable source of information and advice, funded by the practice.

For further information and to contact the PPG please contact the practice.