Winchcombe Medical Centre - About The Group

Our Mission - As A Patient Group

To act as the voice of the patient population
To encourage increased communication and dialogue between patients and the practice
To allow patients to take more responsibility for their own healthcare
To support the practice and the local community

Who Is On The Ppg?

The group comprises a representative GP, Melissa Parsloe, Clare Burton plus patients drawn from across the surgery.

What The PPG Is Not About

We will not deal with personal medical issues or individual patient complaints as there is already a well established procedure to deal with these.

Where Are We Today?

Since the introduction of the Patient Participation Group in June 2010, we have been extremely lucky to have had a very proactive and committed membership.

How To Join

Please contact reception on 01242 602307 who will forward your details to the PPG chair who will be in touch. You can just be a virtual member if you prefer.

Current Achievements

The members of the PPG have worked together to implement new ideas, increase health awareness in the community and support the practice. Some of our recent successes have included:

The organisation and management of several health awareness events including at the Winchcombe Show & local high school, helping raise awareness of on-line repeat prescription ordering and supporting the “Aging well exercise course” we have been trailing to help get the community moving. These have received extremely encouraging feedback and show the direct connection between the work of the PPG and a real positive impact for a large number of people. This gives patients a greater understanding of their most relevant and important health issues.

Health awareness events have covered a wide range of topics including:

Access to services – Pharmacy First, Physio
Diabetes
Mental Health
Men’s Health
Teenage Health
Menopause
Lifestyle advice

Virtual Group

The Patient Participation Group is keen to ensure that all patients are actively involved in deciding how the health services they use should develop.

Your Virtual Patient Group?

Creating a virtual group enables us to broaden the reach and influence of the PPG. For those patients who are unable to personally attend meetings at the surgery the introduction of the ‘Virtual Patient Group’ will give them the means and the opportunity to be involved in the discussions and actions being taken in improving and increasing the healthcare services being offered by the surgery.

It is your opportunity to have your say!

Objectives of the VPG

The objectives of the virtual group are to achieve a wider and more comprehensive input of patient comments, suggestions, and proactive involvement in their provision of healthcare services, both locally, regionally and nationally.

Gender & Type

The current main group comprises the ‘more senior’ members of the community. We are therefore looking for a greater input and representation from the all age groups within the practice population.

We would like to see a broad a spread of male and female virtual members to get a truly representative group; and, especially to encourage involvement from young people (teens upwards), from parents, from people with long term conditions and people from non-British ethnic groups.

A good cross section of patients with a wide range of medical history, from the ‘very healthy’ to those with long term conditions as well as those with disabilities would be very useful.

We hope that we can attract a wider group of members not only from Winchcombe, but also the outlying villages/towns within the practice population area.

Why should you join the VPG?

Joining the ‘virtual group’ really does enable every patient to ‘have their say’ about how the practice delivers the healthcare solutions. It can invoke a sense of ‘self help’ in getting patients to be more aware of their own health issues and taking control. It also enables the main group and the practice management to ‘think outside the box’ – to get a wider and more diverse input.

Benefits to the WMC & PPG

The virtual group involvement, as a parallel group, will offer a wider input of ideas, thoughts and suggestions from a more representative patient group. It will enhance the overall activities.

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 form 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 form 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

The information you supply us will be used lawfully, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to know what information is held about you and sets out rules to make sure that this information is handled properly.