Friends of Oswald Medical Centre Patient Participation Group (PPG)
We are pleased to launch our new patient group – Friends of Oswald Medical Centre Patient Participation Group.
Meetings will take place as follows:
Wednesday 17th July 2024 – 2pm
Wednesday 9th October 2024 – 2pm
Wednesday 15th January 2025 – 2pm
Wednesday 9th April 2025 – 2pm
Purpose of the Group
- To give patients and practice staff the opportunity to meet and discuss topics of mutual interest.
- To provide a means for patients to become more involved and make suggestions about the healthcare services they receive.
- To explore (anonymised) issues from patient complaints and patient surveys, contribute to actions plans and help monitor improvements.
- To contribute feedback to the practice on National Patient Survey results and Friends and Family Test feedback to propose developments or change.
- To support health awareness and patient education and promote responsible and appropriate use of Primary Care Services.
If you would like to join our group, please call us on 01254 369123 (we need to know numbers!)
We will send you a pack of information to read before you join your first meeting. Some meetings may take place virtually, but venues will be confirmed to participants before each meeting.
Please see below information about our upcoming and past PPG meetings:
Open letter to patients (DOCX, 21KB)
Terms of Reference (ToR) of PPG (DOCX, 59KB)
Poster - 2024 meeting dates for PPG (DOCX, 100KB)
The patient participation group is a way that you, a patient, can have your say. The group means that patients are involved in decisions about the practice.
See below for our latest group meeting minutes / news.
The patient group helps to improve communication between patients and the practice. The group also helps to provide practical support and help the practice make changes.
Complete our online form to join the group.
From July 2022, our PPG had a makeover and we are rebranded it ‘Friends of Oswald Medical Centre'. We are a friendly bunch and we just want to make things better for patients.
Go on – give us a call to confirm your attendance (just because we need to know numbers) and come along to our meetings for a brew and a chat!
We need your input into how our practice runs and we’d like your help to do this! For this reason, we’d love patients to get more involved and help us out with events such as flu clinics, the children’s Christmas poster competition and more.
We will send you a pack of information to read before you join your first
meeting. Some meetings may take place virtually, but venues will be
confirmed in your invite.
Purpose of the Group
- To give patients and practice staff the opportunity to meet and discuss topics of mutual interest.
- To provide a means for patients to become more involved and make suggestions about the healthcare services they receive.
- To explore (anonymised) issues from patient complaints and patient surveys, contribute to actions plans and help monitor improvements.
- To contribute feedback to the practice on National Patient Survey results and Friends and Family Test feedback to propose developments or change.
- To support health awareness and patient education and promote responsible use of Primary Care Services.
Meeting Minutes
9th October 2024 (DOCX, 147KB)
1st August 2024 (DOCX, 111KB)
17th July 2024 (DOCX, 968KB)