National Association for Patient Participation

N.A.P.P. is holding it's AGM on Sat 28th Jan 2023. Given the success of last year’s event, we have decided as a board to hold this year’s AGM virtually for the second year running. Time: 10:00am to 11:00am To book your attendance, please email community@napp.org.uk.

Letter to the Times, from our Patron, Sir Denis Pereira Gray, "Why general practitioners are invaluable to the NHS" napp.org.uk/why-general-pr…

Don’t miss your chance to voice your concerns about Access in Primary Care and help us form our recommendations to NHS England. Register for our Zoom seminar on Nov 6th 10:00 – 12:00 at community@napp.org.uk

N.A.P.P. is holding its AGM followed by a seminar on ‘Access’ on Nov 6th 10:00 – 12:00. In our recent survey, half the respondents ranked issues around access and choice of appointments as their no. 1 concern. If you would like to attend, please email community@napp.org.uk.

Encourage pregnant women to get COVID-19 vaccine The NHS is encouraging pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine as new data shows that nearly 20 per cent of the most critically ill COVID patients are pregnant women who have not been vaccinated. networks.nhs.uk/networks/news/…

NHS plan for access for patients and supporting general practice england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/pu…

Are you considering joining N.A.P.P.? Well now is the time! Have your say and be heard in our online focus group, exclusively for members. Running until 31 October, this forum will complement a recommendation paper for high-level decision makers. napp.org.uk/become-a-membe…

The National Association for Patient Participation (N.A.P.P.), the national voice for patient participation in Primary Care, is looking to recruit a number of new trustees, including a Board Secretary, to the Board. napp.org.uk/we-are-recruit…

The National Association for Patient Participation (N.A.P.P.), the national voice for patient participation in Primary Care, is looking to recruit a new Chairperson. napp.org.uk/we-are-recruit…

#Women have been experienced and knowledgeable #medical #practitioners for centuries. Our President, @patriciawnapp, has contributed to an online exhibition by @rcgp, providing insights into a range of themes that explore past and current roles. rcgp.org.uk/women-in-gp

In response to the #GPpatientsurvey, we will be taking the results from our #survey, combined with further insights from our members, and presenting a list of recommendations to @NHSEngland. Full the full wrap-up, please visit our website: napp.org.uk/outcome-of-the… #patient #GP

From 12 May – 22 April we ran a nation-wide survey, asking both our members and the general public to share the concerns and issues they are facing within primary care. Find out the results and next steps here: napp.org.uk/survey-on-pati… #survey #patientsurvey #primarycare

During #PPGAwarenessWeek Boundary House Surgery Edmonton held a Quiz via Zoom. They reported to us that it was great fun, and by using Zoom more younger patients participated. If you have any good tips about how your #PPG is looking to enhance diversity, share them below👇

Read about how Red House Surgery #PPG provided 4,000 hours of #volunteering to support the vaccination of 30,000 patients. napp.org.uk/red-house-surg…

Earlier this month we celebrated #PPGAwarenessWeek by sharing the stories of our members. We would like to make this a regular feature in our communications, so if any members would like to share their stories, please send them to admin@napp.org.uk along with any photos. #PPG

Well done @GillFoott @JimGammansCCG @DorsetCCG @DorsetCCGChair for getting this excellent research out nationally - we must ensure we offer a range of communications channels to those digitally unconnected

We're really keen for ideas from patients and members of the public on how to make surgery greener. If you have any #sustainable ideas that could be used for care in and around operations please let us know via our survey. #GreenerOperations @sosukcharity @PatientVoice_UK

📣Haringey PPG Conf 🗓️Sat 19 June, 11am ✅Highlights include #patientparticipation group members Esther and Rose will share their extensive knowledge & experience of running a Patient Participation Group @PatientsAssoc @PatientVoice_UK All Haringey patients welcome

We believe #PPGs can play a critical role in creating public awareness about the upcoming changes to patient data, led by @NHSDigital. Find out how N.A.P.P. has been working to ensure the patient perspective remains front and centre: napp.org.uk/background-and…

Thanks to everyone who participated in #PPGawarenessweek. Today we are sharing the experiences from Dolphins Practice #PPG and how they supported the role out of the #vaccination programme in their community. #PPGpromotion #HaywardsHeath #COVID19 napp.org.uk/dolphins-ppg-h…