1. Patient Participation Group PPG
Castle Place Practice
Kennedy Way | Tiverton | Devon | EX16 6NP
Patient Participation Group PPG
Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Welcome!
Castle Place Practice

2. Agenda Meet and Greet Practice update and news
Our newest and longest serving members of the team
Lead Nurse and a GP will come in at end of their clinic
PPG
Practice update and news
GP changes
Nurse teams
Support teams
Patient access
RDE and the hospital and community services
STP and changes in Eastern
Open Forum –Patients discussions about services etc
Castle Place Practice

3. Patient Participation Group
Working with practice to improve services
Meeting local needs
Co-operation
Improve voice of patient in practice for mutual benefit
Build up community relationships
Active volunteer patients working in partnership
Castle Place Practice

4. Practice Update Almost full complement of GPs Change in GPs
Dr Declerck leaving, Dr Taylor & Dr Benneyworth
Dr Phillips fixed term complete, Dr Pople
Registrar training, students (F2 and Yr 4, Yr 2)
GP recruitment generally
Review of skills (system/place based)-Talking Health
Training & Support teams
PLEs afternoon shutdowns, 10 high impact changes
Demand management
Social Prescribing
Acute/Long Term/Preventative and self-help
Castle Place Practice

5. Wider Update
National challenges –widely reported in the media, although schools/education has recently overtaken NHS in headline
STP
Consultation Documents, Update
At Scale /Integrated working
RDE = Tiverton Hospital and Community Services
GP input to beds and MIU continue for now
Castle Place Practice

6. Patients Open Forum OPEN FORUM –starter for 10 Appointments Clinics
Developments
Communications
Patient Newsletter/PPG webpage/Facebook?
NEXT meeting: October 2017
Castle Place Practice