Dear Patient,

We would like to know how we can improve our service to you and how you perceive our surgery and staff. 

To help us with this, we are setting up a virtual patient representation group so that you can have your say. We will ask the members of this representative group some questions from time to time, such as what you think about our opening times or the quality of the care or service you received. We will contact you via email and keep our surveys succinct so it shouldn’t take too much of your time.

We aim to gather around a hundred patients from as broad a spectrum as possible to get a truly representative sample. We need young people, workers, retirees, people with long term conditions and people from non-British ethnic groups.

If you are happy for us to contact you occasionally by email please click the link below to open the sign-up form and complete all the fields.

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

FORESTSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP

Are you interested in finding out more about

Forestside Medical Practice?

Would you like to influence the development

of local health services?

Our practice is keen to set up a small

Patient Participation Group via e-mail, so why

not join our group to discuss your ideas

 and hear about any future planned changes.

The first virtual meeting will take place on Friday  9th December 2012 via email through our practice website.

If you would like to be part of our group sign up now!

Suggested topics for the first meeting are:

·        An up-date on any planned changes within the practice

·        New ideas for the development of the group – what would you like to see us doing

·        Ground rules for the group

·        Its aims and objectives

·        What do we want from the meetings

FORESTSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

Terms of Reference

This Patient Participation Group Will:

1.     C ontribute towards practice decision making and will consult on service development and provisions;

2.     P rovide feedback on patients needs, concerns, interests and challenge the practice constructively whenever necessary;

3.     S erve as a safety valve for dealing with grumbles and complaints about the practice-representing patients but also helping them to understand the practices view point;

4.      Help give patients a voice in the organisation of their care;

5.     Help promote good health and high levels of health literacy by encouraging and supporting activities within the practice and promoting preventative medicine;

6.     Help influence the provision of secondary healthcare and social care locally;

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