Patient Participation Group - Smethwick

Report - 18 December 2017

Healthwatch Sandwell (HWS) are conducting a survey of all General Practitioner (GP) Practices to find out their patient's and visitors' knowledge, awareness, and involvement in each practice’s Patient Participation Group (PPG).

From September to November 2017 HWS visited all the GP Practises in Smethwick to complete a short survey with patients and visitors to the practice.

The survey found that knowledge of the PPG varied across the practises. However, only 13% of the respondents knew what one was and 6% of the respondents knew that their GP practice had one.

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