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Patient Participation Group
Join our PPG and help us to improve and maintain our services.
The Aims of the Patient Participation Group
- To offer opinions in a constructive manner and to put forward ideas on behalf of other patients.
- To improve the provision of health care.
- To improve communication between surgery, patients and the wider community about matters concerning the surgery and health in general.
- To provide assistance in development of new services.
- To encourage a spirit of self help and support amongst patients to improve their health and social care.
Getting Your View
The group would like to contact patients on occasion by email and/or text so that they can obtain the views of the widest group of patients possible. We would like to obtain your email address and mobile phone number to do this. Please complete the Patient Contact Form to provide your consent for this.
Latest Meeting Minutes
Learning Event - PPG Meeting
Site name: The Riverside Practice
Event on 06/11/2024, led by RG
Others involved were: RG, SA
Analysis
What are the learning points?
Present
Practice: Dr Goel, Sahir Ahmed
PPG: MD, HM
Apologies: EL, AJ, Iqra Khan (practice manager), AD gave feedback before the meeting.
AGENDA
Actions from last meeting
- Approve minutes from July meeting
- Practice Improvement funds update
- Healthwatch Report discussion
- Friends and family test July to September 2024
- AOB
July Meeting
The minutes were agreed and several of the actions are to be brought forward - see below.
Practice Improvement Funds
The PPG kindly agreed that the practice can use these funds to pay for the new front door automatic closing mechanism, which needed replacing and will help patients access the building.
Healthwatch Report
The recent visit and provisional report and recommendations were discussed. In total 6 actions were advised and the
practice discussed these with the PPG.
The practice discussed its proposed response and the PPG also suggested adding a poster in the waiting room promoting
the interview room to patients.
Friends and family test - July to September 2024
Overall this has been very positive scoring mostly very good or good
The results from March 2024 were:
- 71 Very good
- 13 Good
- 4 Neither good or poort
- 2 Poor
- 4 Very poor
Overall 89% of replies were very good or good and written comments were positive about getting an appointment and the care provided by all the clinicians and the front desk staff.
AOB
- A walking group has now started on Tuesday mornings at 10.30am
- The practice now has a new female GP working on Mondays and Fridays
- MD will be writing to Sandra Husband to clarify if the staying steady service can be continued after March 2025
- The practice has applied for the Bronze achievement in the Green toolkit
- The practice is an approved safe surgery
- The practice is also a veteran friendly surgery
Agreed Actions
- The practice to reply to healthwatch
- The practice to start recycling its waste
- To promote healthy eating as a practice to all staff
Next meeting
January/February 2025