ABBEY MEDICAL PRACTICE PPG MEETING
MINUTES OF MEETING WEDNESDAY 17TH JUNE 2015
PRESENT
Brian Palmer
Teresa Webb
Chair
Practice manager
Jenny Langley
Jenny Kain
Alan Kain
Natalie Wood
Pharmacist
1.
APOLOGIES
Richard Allen, Diana Cowan, Liz McCartney, Jeanette Barnes
2.
MATTERS ARISING
TW advised that previous copies of minutes should be signed by the BP. It was preferred that 2 copies of
each set of minutes should be signed off and retained.
BP advised that comments and feedback had been received from the members and these had been
implemented in the TORs (see agenda item 5).
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INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICE PHARMACIST
Natalie Wood was introduced to the group. She joined the practice at the end of April, and is currently
familiarising herself with the current systems of the practice.
She will be making a few changes over the next few months relating to the dispensing of medicines, and
Clinical practices.
Natalie will be bringing her expertise to the surgery, having worked in a Medicines Management role for
Worcestershire Primary Care Trust and , latterly, South Worcestershire Clinical Commisioning Group .
She will be bringing the issue of safety of medicines to the practice.
She will also have a clinical role, in that she has already started to talk to patients who have problems
with medication. Natalie prefers the interaction with the patients.
Her tasks also include monitoring the NHS budget for drugs. If a decision is made within the practice to
change a specific drug to a generic drug, then patients will always be informed. She pointed out that
generic drugs have exactly the same efficacy as branded drugs. All Pharmacists are under pressure to
look at the overall costs of prescribed drugs, and it was pointed out that AMP will strive to retain Teva as
the brand of preference, due to the quality of their product
Natalie will also be happy to see patients on a clinical basis, and will be reviewing the practice’s repeat
prescribing protocol
4.
REPORT FROM PRACTICE MANAGER
TW advised that there is a Prime Minister Challenge Fund, which is a pool of funding to help access to
appointments.
The theory is that the funding will be used to provide an Out of Hours Clinic at Evesham Community
Hospital from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday and
Sunday (exact timings are still to be confirmed) Local GPs will be asked to staff the unit and would
sourced from all 4 Surgeries.
It is understood that a proportion of the available appointments will be allocated to each surgery, these
can be filled up during the day as required.
Although all these plans are in draft form at present, this needs to be taken forward to a conclusion.
SWCCG have allocated £700,000 to Evesham, Bredon and Broadway locality to go into the
infrastructure.
It is thought that the facility should be available as early as September, although the final plans need to be
discussed and put into place. Here it was suggested that Deb Hipkins from SWCCG should be invited to
take part in discussions along with other PPGs within the Evesham area.
ACTION:
TW to invite Deb Hipkins from SWCCG, and for BP to contact the Chairs of the remaining PPGs in
Evesham for them to attend the discussion. Venue to be agreed when numbers of attendees known.
5.
PROPOSED TORs
TW agreed to support DC with the E-Group regarding e-mails etc from Minutes and Newsletters
The TORs will also be distributed to the E-Group.
It was agreed that the Mission Statement would read:
‘ABBEY MEDICAL PRACTICE PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP
Building a Partnership between patients and the practice’
The NAPP guidelines were used to guide the PPG through the TORs, and it was agreed that the practice
will fund membership to NAPP.
The TORs were accepted in the revised format.
It was agreed that AMP PPG would actively communicate with other groups.
6.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY FEEDBACK
BP asked TW for copies of feedback forms where there have been comments. BP will forward a schedule
of outcomes to the CCG.
TW advised that a 6 monthly feedback will be available for the next meeting. Any comments from
patients, had been actioned by AMP if the patient had given their name and address.
Overall it appeared that AMP was meeting the National FFT percentage figures.
7.
NEWSLETTER/MEMBERSHIP UPDATE/TRUST FUND
Nothing more has been done with the Newsletter at this stage. However it was agreed that it would be
better to do an article on the new Pharmacist, to include the cost of money wasted on drugs returned for
disposal etc.
It was also suggested that Bullet Points should be included in the format such as ‘Missed Appointments
amount to £ as an example.
The photographer is available on the 23rd June and TW would like members of the PPG to attend if
possible to have a photo taken for the PPG board.
Trust Fund- set aside as DC not in attendance.
8.
AOB
AK suggested that in the short term, meetings should take place monthly at least until all issues for
discussion are resolved, this was agreed by all.
TW advised that a new GP had started at the surgery; Dr Shampa Hazra. Her specialities encompass
minor surgery. She is replacement for Dr Henry, although Dr Henry is remaining at the practice.
Engaging with young patients: JM suggested that a competition could be run for youngsters. BP will
talk to Prof. Ron Amey for suggestions.
The meeting closed at 8:25 p.m.
Next Meeting Wednesday 15th July at 6:30 p.m. prompt.