Purton & Green Gable Surgery
Patient Participation Group (PPG)
Serving patients in Purton, Cricklade and surrounding communities
Happy (and a healthy) New Year everyone!
Appointments at the surgeries
During the often-busy winter ‘flu season, if we have no appointments available at the surgeries, please remember that you can also access support by ringing 111 or at our local pharmacies They can advise on many non-emergency conditions. The NHS website also provides information regarding self -help if you think you might have ‘flu.
200 Club
All profits from our 200 Cub go to help purchase items for both surgeries. Our latest lucky winners are:
First prize £100 Janet Newman (number 6)
Second prize £15 Peter Godwin (number 184)
The numbers were drawn by one of our medical secretaries, Caren Dywer
Many congratulations!!
New members are always welcome….
The cost is just £15 for a year’s subscription. You can you join midway through the year, but you will miss being put into the missed month draws. However, you could win one of our monthly prizes of £100 and £15 and you will always be helping patients and staff at your local surgeries. Forms to join and instructions for setting up a standing order are available at both surgeries.
All members are allocated a number that is entered into the draw. This is made at the start of each month by a member of the surgery staff. If you wish to know your number, please contact our treasurer: treasurer.psppg@gmail.com to request it.
Come and join us!
Can you spare a few hours per month? If so, we are looking for some new committee members. The group organises the 200 Club fundraiser alongside the tabletop and book donations which also raise funds. We also organise regular professional talks on relevant topics – recent ones about dementia, sepsis and prostate cancer were very well attended.
The committee meets once a month on a Thursday morning at Purton surgery. We meet with the Practice Manager to discuss issues that have arisen and are kept up to date on new initiatives that may affect the surgeries and patients. We then keep in touch with patients via the local newsletters/parish magazines and notice boards. It is a very worthwhile group to belong to if you are interested in helping to further improve our local surgery services. You need to be a registered patient with Purton or Green Gable surgery, but if you are interested, watch out for more information or ask at one of the receptions. We would love to meet you!
Next Community Talk
This will take place in early spring – further details to follow.
Donations of good quality books and items for the tabletop sales are always welcome at both surgeries. Please hand your items in at reception. They are very gratefully received. Items from the tables may be purchased – again please hand your money into reception. Thank you.
As always, your support for our work to inform and support patients in the local community is much appreciated. We look forward to meeting you.
Purton PPG