PATIENT REFERENCE GROUP

MEMBERS WANTED

TO JOIN OUR  

PATIENT REFERENCE GROUP

Ø Are you interested to learn more about the changes in the NHS and how these may affect you as patients?

Ø Would you like to pro-actively contribute to the development of services in the practice?

Ø Would you like to support the commissioning of health services for the wider population?

IF THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS IS YES PLEASE COMPLETE A SIGN UP FORM.

Complete the Patient Group Sign-up Form Online

If you prefer, you can download the sign up form as a pdf document, print it out, complete it and return it to the practice.

Download the pdf version of our sign up form

We will be in touch shortly after we receive your form. Please note that no medical information or questions will be responded to.

Many thanks for your assistance

Our Patient Reference Group consists of both patients and staff who meet 5 times a year, with meetings covering all the surgeries within the Group.

Primary amongst the Group’s stated objectives are:

• Raising patient awareness
• Examination of opportunities to improve patient knowledge about services provided and how to improve access to them

The meetings cover a range of topics: for example, items discussed recently include appointment availability, management of missed appointments, swine flu vaccination, prescription renewal, patient transport initiatives and the redevelopment of the Langley Park surgery – now named The Sir Bobby Robson Community Project.

The Patient Reference Group has held 2 fund-raising events:

• A book sale at Ushaw Moor surgery raised £63.71 in support of St Cuthbert’s Hospice
• A book sale, raffle and sale of hand-made cards raised £567.80 for Ward 14A Queen Elizabeth Hospital in memory of Anne Sexton, a former receptionist at Ushaw Moor surgery.

The Fundraising Raffle

We recently held a fundraising raffle to raise approximately £1500 for a new ECG machine for the Practice. This was a great success thanks to the generosity of local businesses, patients and staff. A main raffle which contained various prizes including gift vouchers, hampers and an array of smaller prizes and also a bottle raffle. The raffle was drawn on 8th Septmeber at Meadowfield Surgery and was a very enjoyable evening. We pooled all ticket sales and donations as they are all for the same cause and raised a total of £1729!

We have since been awarded a £700 donation from Brandon & Byshottles Parish Council which takes our grand total to £2429!This is a brilliant achievement and we wish to thank everyone who contributed for their kind support .