Our Patient Participation Group (PPG) acts in an advisory capacity to the Management Team and Partners. Its role is to seek to ensure that the needs, views and experiences of patients are at the heart of decision making at the Practice.
The Practice has adopted a Universal Membership model where all patients are automatically members of the PPG.
The PPG operates within a governance structure of
- Leadership Team – taking the lead in managing relationships and activities with the Practice; and
- Advisory Group – all patients can join the Advisory Group at any time by agreeing to share their email address with the PPG. Members of the Leadership Team are drawn from the Advisory Group.
The Team works with the Practice to:
- Improve Communications
- Gather Patient feedback through surveys and meetings
- Provide Support
- Seek Equality of Access for minority groups
- Encourage Patient engagement in Well–Being campaigns and initiatives.
- Facilitate Co-Design of Services
We are actively recruiting volunteers to become involved with the team. Involvement can be a rewarding experience and will take as much or as little time as you can spare.
Email [email protected] or contact Reception if you would like further information.
Please note that the Patient Group cannot become involved in matters of a specifically medical or clinical nature.
The information you supply us will be used lawfully, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. The Data Protection Act 2018 gives you the right to know what information is held about you and sets out rules to make sure that this information is handled properly.
PATIENT GROUP NEWSLETTERS
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Get Help to Get Online
If you are struggling with technology, or want to learn a bit more about the NHS App or how to access your health records online, there are community run digital access drop-in sessions every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at The Wyllyotts Theatre in Potters Bar.
KEEP ACTIVE
January 2025 Hertfordshire Health Walks timetables
Hertfordshire Health Walks has released the Winter/Spring timetables for walks starting from January through to April. There are some new walks to look out for and many continuing on from the winter so have a look to see where you might go for a walk with our volunteers next.
More information about new timetable
Hertfordshire County Council offers more than 75 walks led by trained volunteers. All our walks are free and are graded between 20-30 minutes (First Steps) and up to 90 minutes (Grade 4) unless otherwise stated, whilst Grade 4+ progression walks can however last up to 2 hours.
All of these walks are friendly group walks. People interested in joining us can register online or, if they prefer they can turn up 10-15 mins before their first walk to complete a New Walker Form.
For more information, please call 01992 555888, between the hours of 9 – 11.30am and 2-3pm Monday-Friday, or email [email protected].
WEBINARS
Annandale Patient Group (APG) is committed to support the health & wellbeing of the patients of Annandale Surgery. As part of that commitment we would have provide patients with access to FREE recorded webinars on a wide range of health & wellbeing topics. The webinars are supported and endorsed by the Herts & West Essex Integrated Care Board responsible for all health and social care issues within our area.
Health Webinars
The webinars are given by top London Consultants and provide a real insight into a range of conditions. Each webinar is just one hour long with up to 50% of the time given over to an interactive Q&A session. The webinar provides real insight into how we can both prevent and manage the condition being discussed.
To look at past webinars go to https://www.stalbanspodcast.com/category/healthmatters/webinars/
Diabetes Webinars
In addition to our general webinars, APG also support our local Diabetes Support Group as follows – https://hwedsg.co.uk/