What is the PPG?
PPG members do whatever they can to promote excellence in our surgery, and we hope that you join us. The PPG has contributed to successive excellent ratings of the practice as “Overall Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), last published 2018.
The PPG aims to:
- Promote positive relations between patients and the practice.
- Encourage health promotion and personal responsibility.
- Provide a patient voice when new services are being planned or when services might be withdrawn.
- Encourage and help implement any patient-led research projects.
- Provide patient feedback to the surgery, including compliments, comments, and concerns.
- Assist the surgery and its patients by providing a volunteer transport service for patients needing to attend the surgery and other local medical facilities or hospitals.
Join our PPG
You are able to join the Minchinhampton Patient Participation Group (PPG) if you are registered as a patient at Minchinhampton Surgery. Members should, as far as possible, be representative of the surgery population – people of all genders, ages, ethnicities, and those with health conditions and disabilities are encouraged to join.
To join our PPG, please fill out a “join our Patient Participation Group” form or email Eve Jackman (eve.jackman@btinternet.com).
PPG meetings
- All committee meetings are currently held at The Cotswold Club in Minchinhampton High Street at 7pm on a Wednesday, as announced.
- All Minchinhampton patients are welcome at PPG meetings.
- Please email the PPG secretary Maggie Cornock (maggie.maynot49@gmaill.com) in advance if you wish to attend and/or receive a copy of the agenda or minutes.
- The PPG held their last AGM on Wednesday 27 September 2023 at 7pm in the Porch Room at Minchinhampton Parish Church (Holy Trinity). The speaker was David Rawlings, Stroud district council development officer for children and young people’s work. Light refreshments were available.
Current PPG officers
The PPG committee is a patient group elected by the annual general meeting (AGM), to which all Minchinhampton Surgery patients are invited.
- Chair: Eve Jackman
- Vice Chair: Gervase Hamilton
- Treasurer: Brian Whitaker
- Secretary: Maggie Cornock
- Immediate Past Chair: Graham Spencer
- Immediate Past Secretary: Ian MacPherson
Current surgery committee representatives
- Kerry Thompson (practice manager, Minchinhampton Surgery)
- Dr Freddie Walker (GP partner, Minchinhampton Surgery)
Patient volunteer transport
The Minchinhampton PPG offers friendly and cheap patient transport to this surgery, local hospitals, dentists, physiotherapists, and opticians. This is for Minchinhampton Surgery patients who might otherwise find it difficult to attend their health appointments.
Please call the PPG main line on 01453 887314 to arrange transport.
- Leave a voicemail with your full name, telephone number, and message.
- You should receive a reply from a transport coordinator within 24 hours – they will ask you to provide your home address, the date/time/location of your medical appointment, and if you have any additional requirements (e.g. mobility issues).
- The transport coordinator will find a suitable driver (all volunteer drivers will have undergone a standard DBS check) who will phone you directly to make suitable travel arrangements.
- At the end of your drive, the patient will pay a non-profit non-taxable mileage allowance (currently 60p per mile) to the driver. This cost is calculated by the PPG and explained to the driver and patient in advance. The patient must pay for any Hospital or Medical Facility parking fees unless they have a disabled blue badge.
For other information about booking options for transport to Hospitals or getting help with travel costs, please visit www.nhsglos.nhs.uk.
New drivers who can help the scheme are always welcome and very much needed. If you would like to volunteer, please talk to one of our organisers by calling 01453 887314.