The Trustees of the National Association for Patient Participation (NAPP) have announced that the charity will be dissolved following a resolution passed at the recent Annual General Meeting.
NAPP has played a leading role in promoting patient involvement in UK healthcare, supporting the development of Patient Participation Groups and collaborating with key partners across the NHS.
The charity’s website (www.napp.org.uk) outlines the decision:
Founded in 1978, NAPP was driven by a simple but revolutionary belief, that healthcare works best when patients are active partners in shaping it.
Every Patient Participation Group (PPG) that meets in a GP practice today is part of that story. When the NHS introduced a contractual requirement in 2015 for all practices in England to have a PPG, it was the culmination of decades of quiet but persistent advocacy by NAPP and its members.
Members and supporters are thanked for working with NAPP to ensure the patient’s voice was always heard.
The charity’s legacy will continue through the values and practices it helped embed in the healthcare system. The Leeds PPG Network Toolkit was published in March 2024, partly developed by building on resources available from NAPP.
The Toolkit, and other editable resources, are available on the Leeds Health and Care Partnership website: https://www.healthandcareleeds.org/have-your-say/get-involved/ppg/resources/