Purton and Green Gable Surgery PPG
Newsletter no 130
September 2025
Our next talk is on SEPSIS and takes place on Thursday 2nd October 19.30 at Purton Surgery Waiting Room
SEPSIS is a topic which people generally know little about; it can be life threatening and also is very hard to spot. The talk will be given by Melanie Phillips who is the Sepsis, Acute Kidney Injury Lead at the Great Western Hospital.
Entrance is free but in order to manage the numbers, you need to pick up a ticket from the receptionists at either surgery, Purton or Cricklade. The tickets are available from 1 September.
These free talks set up by your PPG are an essential part of our remit to offer interesting and informative information about various topics which may be of interest to our patients.
CONGRATULATIONS to all the staff at both Purton and Cricklade Surgeries for achieving over 93% satisfaction rating in the NHS England GP Patient Survey this year. We are in the top 10% for GP surgeries in Wiltshire.
200 Club
The September draw was done by Sofia Moraes at Purton Surgery. The £100 winner was Janet E Newman and Kaileigh Tasker won the second prize of £15. Congratulations to them both!
All members of the 200 Club are allocated a number to be used in the draw, if you are a member and wish to know your number then please email our Treasurer: treasurer.psppg@gmail.com to request it.
A form for joining the 200 Club via standing order of £15 per year taken on 1 September each year, is available from both Purton and Green Gable surgeries. Please hand in any completed forms to the receptionists at either surgery.
200 Club RENEWAL
Most 200 Club members have now renewed their annual membership as it is due each year on 1 September.
Thank you all very much.
If you have set up a Standing Order then there is nothing else to do, your membership will automatically renew.
However, if you have not yet done so, I urge you to renew very soon, so that you do not miss out on any of the draws!
Table Top in Purton Surgery
Thank you to all who support the Table Top in Purton waiting room and sale of second hand books in both Purton and Green Gables surgery waiting rooms - to those who contribute items and those who buy.
We do need more donations, so if you have anything to donate, please hand your books/items to the Reception staff in either Purton or Green Gable Surgery. For any items you wish to take away, please give your donation to the Receptionists at either surgery.
News: - The NHS have launched a WhatsApp channel giving trusted health information straight to your phone. Simply search for NHS in the WhatsApp “updates” tab.