Your Local Involvement Network Milton Keynes
The next PPG LINk:MK Network Event is booked for Wednesday July 11th, at the usual time of 5.15pm (with a light buffet and refreshments) at the Peartree Centre (AGE UK) Chadds Lane, Peartree Bridge, Milton Keynes. Look out for further details here, and in issue 5 of the PPG LINk:MK Network Newsletter, which will be available towards the end of May.
Issue 3 of the PPG LINk:MK Network Newsletter is now available (Winter 2011/12. Copies will be sent to all GP surgeries and will be available at the Network event on Wednesday January 18th. An electronic version is available here
PPG LINk:MK Network Newsletter issue 3
There are 28 GP Surgeries in Milton Keynes, of which around 22 currently have an active PPG (Patient Participation Group).PPGs are an excellent way for patients of a practice to share their opinions on many aspects of the surgery.
LINk:MK set up it's PPG Network in 2010, following publication of a multi-agency guide for setting up PPGs, and was the first of it's kind in the country. Its aim is to increase awareness of Patient Participation and to support PPG members. Network events take place approximately 4 times a year and give anyone with an interest in PPGs the opportunity to share experience and and learn about new initiatives in Primary Care both locally and nationally. The events are planned by a steering group consisting of LINk, PPG and NHS representatives.
LINk:MK are in contact with over 150 people who have attended network events, and many of these are now LINk members aswell.Recently, a newsletter for the network was launched with the aim of reaching more patients across Milton Keynes.
If your practice would like advice or support on setting up or maintaining a PPG, or what recent Government initiatives will mean for Patient Partcipation, please contact us or come along to one of our network meetings.