Welcome to our 3rd public communication meeting

Agenda Welcome : Chair AMPPPG Shelagh Fearnley What is a PPG? Practice Matters :Practice Manager Linda Coombs presents Practice Matters contd. : Senior Partner, Dr. Phil Taylor Q& A from the floor taken by Dr Taylor and Linda Coombes Register on line : demonstration by Dave Evans Webmaster Summary of feedback noted as the meeting progressed : Shelagh Fearnley Close, thanks and an invitation to fill in contact consent forms REFRESHMENTS served

What is a Patient Participation group (PPG)? From April 2016, it has ben a contractual requirement for all English practices to form a PPG during the year ahead and to make reasonable efforts for this to be representative of the practice population. The first PPG was set up by a GP in 1972. Four in ten English practices now have a PPG. PPG’s evolve to meet local needs, each PPG is different. The aims and work of each PPG entirely depends on local needs. Their aim is to ensure that their practice puts the patient, and improving health at the heart of everything it does Funding a PPG is commensurate with their activities and are normally met by the practice. Funding is minimal. Recognition of the worth of an active PPG as a visible and necessary feature of practice , would normally result in obtaining adequate funding National Association for Patient Participation ( NAPP) gives the following examples of what work a PPG can do…..

Ppgs provide the patient perspective by: Conducting patient surveys or collecting feedback in the waiting room/email/text Advising the practice and patients of new systems and treatments Sharing good practice by networking with other PPGs Could sit on recruitment panels for new staff Lobbying to improve a whole range of health services

Ppgs promote health matters by: 6. Organising presentations on important health needs 7. Producing a directory of self care support groups 8.Running courses within the surgery e.g. on line training 9. Raising awareness of key public health messages e.g. newsletter 10. Running volunteer support groups

PPGS IMROVE COMMUNINCATION BY : 11. Distributing regular newsletters 12. Building 2 way relationships between patients and the practice 13. Promoting awareness of and access to local health services 14. Developing a patient library or information resource centre 15. Improving the practice leaflets and website

Ppgs influence the devlepoment of services by : 16. Advising on the development of new or existing practice premises 17. Representing patient views on the purchase of health services 18. Co-ordinating with other PPGs to improve wider health care delivery 19. Bidding with the practice to provide new services 20. Fundraising to provide services not covered by NHS England

And finally to summarise in 21 words: 21. Make stronger the relationship between patients and their practices, which is critical to the provision of modern, high-quality general practice AMPPPG is not achieving all of 1-20 ( yet !) but since our formation in 2013, we believe we are striving towards 21! We are :

Ampppg has a core group with 14 members ,that meet bi monthy and a virtual group with 70 members core group members are : Shelagh Fearnley :chair since August 2016 Ann Veit :secretary Val Culimore : virtual group co coordinator Mike McAlpine: first chair and a founder member of AMPPPG Bee Paignton : founder member Georgina Borrough :founder member Jo Gough: founder member Dave Evans :webmaster Richard Welfare :founder member Pam Johnson : founder member Andrew Moulding : founder member and local councillor From the practice we have the support of all GPs and admin team and are delighted to have in our group Linda Coombes practice manager Dr Jonathon Halford Dr james Ashby

2014-2016 ampppg has: Met regularly with recorded agendas and minutes available to all patients Written, produced and distributed regular newsletters Forged and sustained positive relationships with local press Linked with and campaigned for Axminster Hospital to be able to preserve its services Conducted a patient and family study re the Impact on patients, GP’s ,families and carers of Axminster ‘s closed wards In the process of adopting written Terms of References for AMPPPG Offered on line training to help patients register on line Forged and sustained links with Wakely Health groups and other local PPGs Proactively publicising permission forms re text contacts Hosted 3 public communication meetings Developed and updated the practice website Joined the judging panel for the photographic competition 2016 TOGETHER WE CAN DO MORE….

Thank you for your attendance this evening. If you want to know more about the AMPPPG please don’t hesitate to contact the surgery or email Shelagh Fearnley : chair bsfearnley@icloud.com Ann Veit : secretary AnnVmus@aol.com We look forward to hearing from you.