Purton Surgery has an active Patient Participation Group (PPG) which is a member of the National Association for Patient Participation (NAPP). We aim to benefit both patients and the surgery in a number of ways, including:

• Meeting regularly, as a committee, with representatives from the surgery.
• Working with the practice to improve patient experience
• Raising funds for items that are not NHS funded.
• Arrange and organise themed evenings regarding health issues
• Producing a regular newsletter

Meeting with other Patient groups to share best practice
Through fundraising the PPG has helped to provide a new touch-screen check-in system; the chairs with arms in both Purton and Green Gable Surgeries; a dermatoscope and also a doppler. Current fundraising is for an automated door for the Purton surgery

The PPG organises Health Information evenings, usually twice a year, on a variety of health topics when we have medical staff to talk. Normally these medical staff are from Great Western Hospital. We have covered topics such as Diabetes, Arthritis, Alzheimer’s, Orthopaedics, Cardiology, Ovarian cancer, Prostate cancer, Breast cancer and Sepsis.

Our Newsletters contain a range of information. These are sent to local magazines (Purton, Cricklade, Lydiard Millicent, Minety, Ashton Keynes) for inclusion and emailed Bcc {much earlier than the magazine is delivered} to patients who have supplied their email addresses.

If you would like to be kept in touch then please email us on groupforpatients@gmail.com or alternatively give your email address to a member of the surgery staff for the attention of Kai Howard, Practice Manager.
Please note: Members of the PPG have no access to patients’ medical records.

G4P (Group For Patients) Members

Marietta Crockford (Chair)

Christine Rawlings (Vice Chair)

Sheila Fowler (Secretary)

Jeanne Perons

Trish Baker

Peter Berry

Representatives for the Surgery

Kai Howard (Practice Manager)

Linda Hoffen

Jess Knotts

Purton and Green Gable Surgery

PPG

Newsletter no 60 October 2019

Talk on Bowel Cancer – Wednesday 16 October

Our next Information Evening will be on Wednesday 16 October when we have Gastro-Intestinal Oncology Nurses from GWH to talk on Bowel Cancer. Usual time and venue – 7.30-9pm in Purton Surgery. Tickets (free) are now available from Purton Surgery.
This will have taken place by the time you read this Newsletter in your Magazine. if you would like to receive our Newsletters earlier then please email to the address below.

‘Flu Clinic – Saturday 5 October

What a busy morning - a total of 653 patients came to the ‘Flu Clinic. The Raffle for two Christmas hampers raised almost £600 which this year was fundraising for the automated door for Purton Surgery. Thank you to all who supported it.

Evening with Village Voices – Friday 15 November, 7.30pm

More fundraising for an automated door for Purton Surgery … we will be holding an evening of entertainment with Village Voices on Friday 15 November – 7.30pm in Silver Threads Hall, Purton. Also entertaining will be Katy Sirr as Beatrix Potter. Tickets are £10, to include light refreshments and there will also be a raffle, and are available from Purton Surgery or from Committee members. Please bring your own drinks and glasses.

Christmas Coffee Morning, 35 High Street, Purton – 7 December, 10am-12noon

Another fundraiser for the automated door – many thanks to Sylvia Freemantle who will be holding a Christmas Coffee Morning on Saturday 7 December from 10am to 12noon. Coffees, teas, mince pies plus a variety of stalls. Sylvia’s coffee mornings are well known in Purton, do come and support it.

As always, your support for our work to both inform and support patients and the practice is much appreciated. If you know of anyone who would like to be included in our email list (all sent bcc) then please ask them to contact via groupforpatients@gmail.com

Sheila Fowler

Secretary