Lambeth Patient Participation Group Network

The formation of the Network in December 2011 was well ahead of its time. It reflected the vision and leadership of patients and practice staff across Lambeth who believed that patients in general practices should have a voice and wanted to share their experiences.

Since then, the Network has grown into an independent group to support PPGs throughout Lambeth. The Network’s vision is for a unified and representative patient voice that helps to shape the development of Lambeth primary care. The focus of the Network is on supporting its members, the 47 PPGs, so that they can in turn support their local populations - the 370 000 primary care patients currently living in Lambeth.

The Network exists to bring together PPGs in Lambeth and to champion and represent the interests of GPs' patients in the key decision making forums that are responsible for the development and provision of Lambeth’s primary care.

The Network supports PPGs by:
• Hosting regular Network wide meetings to support the sharing of good practice and understand issues that local PPGs face in representing the patient view in primary care
• Circulating regular newsletters to share invitations to forums and events, local developments in primary care and good practice
• Collating and raising common issues and concerns from PPGs through the locality networks, up to the Lambeth CCG.