The Croft Medical Centre, Oadby
PATIENTS’ PARTICIPATION GROUP
NEWSLETTER
Our second year, what have we achieved?
 Responding to your comments, we have worked with the practice to tweak the
appointments system to include a limited phone option for next-day appointments.
 Having a doctors’ timetable available (on the back of the newsletter and as a separate
sheet).
What do we hope to achieve in the future?
The Government wants to increase patient participation and we hope to become more proactive on your behalf. With this in mind we are
 welcoming 3 new members, as replacements and to enlarge the group a little
 planning to meet more regularly
 producing a survey to try to give everyone a clearer picture of patients’ views
- more on this in the Autumn.
SATURDAY SURGERY. This service has not been well used and ceased on 1st July.
Instead the evening Monday surgery will be expanded to offer a doctor and a nurse
from 6.30 – 8.45. The staff will work on rotation, booking appointments will be as for
afternoons.
Missed appointments June:- Doctors: 33 - Nurses: 46 - Other: 12
Flu Vaccinations Autumn/Winter 2011
Thank you to everyone
The first Flu Clinic will take place on Saturday 8th
who has got in touch over
October. The Seasonal vaccine is offered free of
the year. We really need
charge to the following at-risk groups:
your views and ideas, so
 people aged 65 or over
keep them coming, by
 all pregnant women
email or pen and paper.
 people with a chronic respiratory disease such as
severe asthma, COPD or bronchitis
 chronic heart disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease
 chronic neurological disease such as Parkinson’s or motor neurone disease
 diabetes
 a weakened immune system due to disease (such as HIV/AIDS) or treatment (such as
cancer
treatment
 people living in long-stay residential care homes
 people in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an older or
disabled person
Appointments will be available to book from the beginning of September
LET US KNOW YOUR VIEWS.
PPG newsletter 7 July 2011 MW
Comments and suggestions please
PPG newsletter 7 July 2011 MW