1. Southwark Patient Participation Group Network
16 May 2017

2. The following practices PPGs were represented:
Who attended?
In total 27 people attended. This included:
4 NHS Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group representatives
19 Patients representing the North and South
4 people from community and voluntary organisations
The following practices PPGs were represented:
North
Nexus
Princess Street
Manor Place Surgery/ Sir John Kirk Close
Blackfriars
Albion Street
Forest Hill
Penrose Surgery
Villa Street
New Mill Street
South
Crystal Palace Road
Lister - Hurley Group Practice
St Giles
Dulwich Medical Centre Chadwick Road
Camberwell Green
Melbourne Grove
Concordia Parkside
Hambleden

3. What’s happening locally?
We had representation from:
Time4Southwark – Alison Paule, Naomi Casserly and Kemi Adebaye.
Reaching Communities, Community Southwark - Truly Johnston
On the evening, patients were invited to view videos of initiatives from PPG’s around the country.
In a separate area, our guests were asked join Time4Southwark and Community Southwark to discuss initiatives they would like to see implemented in their own PPG’s
Time4Southwark– suggestions from patients
Reducing isolation, especially for mothers,
Project based around a Zumba class where the teacher would earn time credits and participants would pay in credits which they would themselves earn by sharing skills

4. Reaching communities, Community Southwark– suggestions from patients
To have a cardiac support group to incorporate mindfulness and wellbeing within the practice. Where people can go and talk to others that may have been newly diagnosed with cardiac problems and discuss how they are coping with their diagnosis, what it means for them moving forward and to give/receive advise on how to deal their medical condition.
Dancing sessions or a tea dance in partnership with Time and Talents in order to bring people together, increase fitness, reduce isolation etc.
Doing something around healthy walks – perhaps working with Brockwell Park or Glengall Wharf
More support and awareness around Diabetes within the BAME community.
Zumba classes.
Working with people who are unemployed, have depression or obesity.

5. Next steps
The closing date for submission of application forms is Friday 26 May 2017
The application forms must be signed by the patient chair of the PPG and a practice member of staff
A meeting will be held on 1 June to discuss the applications, where a decision will be made
Practice PPG’s will be notified as to who has achieved a winning application week commencing 5 June