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Volunteer roles
The Patient Participation Group relies on volunteers from the practice. These are the roles we most need help with at the moment - see if there is one you could take on.
New members and volunteers
Our Patient Participation Group and the practice focus on working together for better patient services. We are increasingly involving our patients in our decision making and in the delivery of services, and for that we rely on volunteer patients.
While we always welcome new members, we are currently highlighting the volunteer roles most needed to maintain the support the PPG provides.
Roles we need help with
Newsletter drafters
Help put the PPG newsletter together. Most content comes from the practice's Facebook posts, plus topics such as "meet the staff" that we send you. About six hours across each two to three month period.
Engagement platform
We use an online platform to capture patient views on practice proposals, and it reaches far more people than we used to. Help draft content and layouts.
Social media content drafters
We want to improve our Facebook communications, so skills in communication - and ideally using Facebook - would be very welcome. Around four hours a month, largely at times to suit you.
Website “mystery shoppers”
Browse the website at your leisure looking for errors, broken links, or wording that is hard to follow. The PPG can authorise many content changes with the Practice Manager. Time commitment is entirely up to you.
How to get involved
You can see the engagement platform we use at our page on the NHS engagement platform.
For all of these roles except the website mystery shoppers, you would need to register as a PPG member. You need to be either a registered patient or their carer.
These roles suit people who are comfortable using online tools. Other roles that do not rely on technology are also planned – the PPG helps with practical things too, such as keeping the noticeboard up to date and attending staff training sessions.
To find out more about the role of the PPG, see the Patient Participation Group page or read the Terms of Reference (PDF).
Interested in one of these roles?
Email the PPG Chair to find out more - there is no commitment in asking.
Email the PPG Chair