Bradford on Avon & Melksham Patient Participation Group
The PPG is a group of patients and practice staff who meet at regular intervals to decide ways of making a positive contribution to the services and facilities offered by The Bradford on Avon & Melksham Health Partnership .
The date of the next Patient Participation Group meeting will be on Tuesday 6th March 2012, 7pm at The Health Centre, Bradford on Avon.
ALL patients of The Health Centre (Bradford on Avon), St Margaret's Surgery (Bradford on Avon), Winsley Health Centre & St Damian's Surgery (Melksham) are invited to attend.
PURPOSE OF THE PPG
- To foster and maintain a good relationship between the Practice and you, the patient
- To give patients and Practice staff the opportunity to discuss topics of mutual interest in their surgery
- To provide the means for patients to make positive suggestions about their surgery and their own healthcare
- To encourage health education activities within the Practice
- To develop self-help projects to meet the needs of fellow patients
- To act as a representative group that can be called upon to influence the local provision of health and social care
- To involve further patients from the wide population
5 MAIN AREAS OF WORK
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Improving services provided at the surgery by providing feedback
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Offering support to other patients, for example, by setting up bereavement support groups or carers’ groups, hospital visiting, shopping and support for housebound patients, home visits for the isolated
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Improving facilities at the Practice.
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Developing and implementing social activities for patients such as trips for the elderly, walking for health groups, babysitting circles and voluntary/honorary grand parenting.
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Providing information, for example, ensuring that patient information and advice is as user friendly as possible, offering handouts and support on special days and enabling an “expert patient” facility so that newly diagnosed patients meet with patients with long term illnesses
HOW THE PPG WORKS?
The running of the Group really depends upon the group of people involved. Full meetings are held quarterly with the executive meeting on a monthly basis or as necessary between these main meetings. Meetings are mainly held at The Health Centre, Bradford on Avon.
JOINING THE PPG
The PPG welcomes new members, particularly representatives from the under 18 age group, parents with young children and patients with sensory or physical impairments. Please ask at the Health Centre reception for details of who to contact of the PPG executive committee or just come along to one of the quarterly meetings.
Alternatively, if you wish to speak with the Chairman, Derek Glover, please telephone 01225 867684 or if preferred, send an e-mail to the PPG ppgboam@orangehome.co.uk
DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS
All meetings will be held at The Health Centre, Bradford on Avon, at 7pm, unless otherwise stated.
The dates of future meetings are:
- Tuesday 6th March 2012
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Tuesday 12th June 2012
- Tuesday 18th September 2012 - Annual General Meeting
If you are unable to attend PPG meetings but would still like to help the practice improve services, you may be interested in signing up for our NEW virtual e-mail group.
For more information please click on the tab above titled 'Sign up for our virtual e-mail group'.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
AGM September 2011
YEARLY CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
September 2011
PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP CONSTITUTION
Revised September 2011