Saxmundham PPG

Sax Quacks Drs Havard, Evans, Murphy, Hamblyn, Dunn, Oates & Richards

Saxquax Feedback Did you know that the Saxmundham Surgery has a Patient Participation Group?

The aim of the group is to provide patient feedback and act as a bridge

between the Practice and the patients – of whom there are about 9000. The Saxquax Feedback patient participation group was started at the beginning

of 2009 and has been involved in the following initiatives:

• Promotion of Organ Donation

• Publicity for Volunteer Hospital Transport

• Raising awareness of ‘Medical Alert’ information, such as Emergency Cards, Mobile Phone Emergency Nos

and Emergency Bottles containing important information.

• Survey of patient views on being sent copies of GP Referral Letters. (very positive)

• Helping the surgery (marshalling) on Flu-clinic Vaccination Days

• Raising the profile of the PPG

You probably are aware that there are major government changes in the way Health Care will be purchased –

aiming to give local groups of Doctors more influence in deciding what their patients need.

If you have any ideas or suggestions you would like to pass on to your Surgery or can think of things that the

PPG might do, then write to Jayne Coulson at The Surgery, Lambsale Meadow, Saxmundham IP17 1DY, or send

Below are some PPG documents: • Saxquax Feedback AGM - 2011