Newtons Patient Participation Group

Would you like to become a member of the  'Newtons Patient Participation Group'?

With the support of several patients we started a small patient group up in October 2010.  PPGs are run by volunteers (patients of the practice) who are keen to make a difference to their communities and to their GP Practice. We are meeting on a regular basis to discuss all the current issues that the practice and patients will be facing in the next 12 months. We also hope to run an educational event on a Saturday morning, inviting a local consultant from the Princess Royal Hospital to come in and talk about a medical condition that can impact on us and our families from Asthma and Diabetes to Womens and Mens health in general. Your ideas will always be welcome!

The main role for many PPGs is communication - improving communication between the patients and the practice, acting as a representative of the wider patient population, and providing the local community with useful and timely health information and advice. The most common activities are:

Critical friend: Advising the practice on the patient perspective and helping to ensure that services are well designed to improve the patient experience.

Please refer to the 'Practice News' page for the dates of the meetings. Thank you.

Attention All Patients

Newtons Practice is looking to form a Patient Reference Group to gather the views and opinions of our Patients on our services, as well as those provided in the community and at the hospitals.

This is as well as running a Patient Participation Group that meets regularly throughout the year whose views we welcome.

We would like the group to be as representative of our patient population as possible and are seeking patients: male and female, all ages (over 16 years of age), those who work, who are at home or who are retired, to join.

This is your opportunity to give us your views and to influence and shape the services of tomorrow. Initially, we need to build our e-mail community and in the autumn, we will be asking the group members to complete a short survey.

If you are interested in joining this group, or just emailing us some suggestions, please let the Practice Manager know, or email maura.preece@nhs.net Ref: Patient Survey

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