Patient Participation Group

 

Welcome to the New Queen Street and Stanground Surgeries’ Patient Participation Group (PPG)

The group’s role is:

  • to act as a liaison between patients, doctors, staff and other health-related organisations
  • to encourage self help
  • to promote patients' needs and interests
  • to support the Practice

New Queen Street and Stanground PPG is an independent group of volunteers who are all registered patients. They meet regularly, set their own agenda and activities and regularly liaise with staff at the practice, who attend their meetings. The group liaises regularly with practice managers to raise and understand any issues on behalf of patients. The Chairs of all Lakeside PPGs are also invited to attend a regular meeting with the Partnership’s Chief Executive to share issues and hear updates.

The PPG is currently recruiting for new members. If you would like to be a member please get in touch using our secure online form  

Latest Committee Meeting Minutes

If you require a copy of older meeting minutes please contact us via our secure online form

27th January 2025

 

Welcome to all attendees - in attendance

  • Barry Wainwright [Chairman]
  • Margaret Cripps [Vice-Chair & Treasurer]
  • Irene Henson [Secretary]
  • Lyndsay Cocks [Practice Manager]
  • Robert Boddington
  • Gillian De Hoedt, 
    Martin Green
  • Sandra Green
  • Ann Northfield
  • Margaret Turnbull
 

Apologies

  • Dr. Garratt
  • Rebecca Hill [Patient Services Manager]
  • Alison Bacon
  • Chris Elverson
  • Ann Fear
  • Roy Gerstner
  • Sarah Taylor 
 

Minutes from previous meeting

  • Proposed by: Robert Boddingto
  • Seconded by: Martin Green Accepted
  • Minutes to be sent to Lyndsay to be uploaded onto the website
 

Matters Arising

  • Robert and Rosemary Brent have stood down as members due to ongoing health issues
  • Irene to continue sending Minutes to Becky to put on the website
 

Chairman’s Report

  • Barry and Irene have agreed to attend Stanground surgery to help promote the PPG
 

PPG Membership

  • Irene will go through all past members and those that haven’t attended the last 3 meetings will be removed from the list, several members haven’t attended in over a year
 

Practice Report

  • We have a new partner starting on the 5th February, Dr. Ola Falajayo, she will be working Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
  • Our other 2 new partners started on 1st December and are both getting on well and settled in
  • Dr. Garratt has now commenced her maternity leave, we will have a locum GP covering Thursday and Friday and she starts on 6th February 
  • Pharmacy first - we are holding 2 ‘perfect days’ to promote pharmacy first and the 7 conditions that can now potentially be treated by a pharmacist, this can include prescribing antibiotics 

Conditions are:

  • Sinusitis: For adults and children aged 12 and over
  • Sore throat: For adults and children over 5 and over
  • Earache: For children and young adults aged 1-17
  • Infected insect bite: For adults and children aged 1 and over
  • Impetigo: For adults and children aged 1 and over
  • Shingles: For adults aged 18 and over
  • Uncomplicated urinary tract infection: For women aged 16-64
  • We have increased our capacity for appointments with clinicians
  • Jo Miller our ANP has returned from maternity leave and she works 4 days per week, 2 on site and 2 off site
  • We have recently recruited 2 new receptionists; both have now started and will be working across both sites during the week
  • Stanground - we now have 2 GP’s most days due to the increase in Clinicians                
  • We are still recruiting for a new Pharmacy technician                                                        Page 1 of 2
  • Various examples of Out of Hours / 111 appointments
  • Aging population and a lack of doctors
  • Confusion of where to go, 111 will signpost you to the best place to get help
  • Need a Prescribing Nurse rather than another nurse, paused for now as she left after a short while being in position 
  • 1 Doctor on call [urgent], on duty today we have Dr Scott and Dr Patel at Stanground, Dr Prakash and Dr Khokar at New Queen Street surgeries
  • We have 6 routine Doctors but 8 Doctors in total, next week we will have 9, then back to 8 again as Dr Eschle emigrates to Australia
  • Elizabeth Corkery 100%, Physician Associate shared with Yaxley surgery as well
  • A trainee has to be signed off by a doctor
  • Sue Finan is a trained Paramedic - Emergency Care Practitioner
  • There’s 4 Doctors and 3 Triages in today over 2 sites
  • Shrubbery bordering at the surgery has been cut back
  • Irene asked Lyndsay to email her report to her, to ensure the Minutes were correct       Agreed
 

Fund Raising - Whittlesey Extravaganza

  • Ann visited most of the shops and business asking if they were willing to donate a prize for a tombola stall at the Whittlesey Christmas Extravaganza that she had organised to raise money for a heart monitor for New Queen Street surgery. Three of the PPG members, Ann, Irene, Margaret and a friend helped man the stall. We sold out in an hour and raised £201.10. We also handed out leaflets to inform people about the PPG
 

Lakeside Healthcare PPG Chairs Meeting - Margaret Cripps

  • Barry, Irene and myself had attended a meeting via Teams on 13th January, updates from different surgeries on how PPGs were working
 

Any Other Business

  • None
  • The Chair thanked everyone for attending, meeting closed at 12.40pm
 

Date of next meeting

  • Monday 24th March 2025 @ 11am