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------------------------------ Appointment Attendance

In the month of April 53 patients did not attend their appointment at the surgery. This many missed appointments amounts to over 13 hours of wasted time. Please remember to cancel your appointment if you cannot make it to the surgery, this allows the reception staff to re-book your appointment so somebody else can be seen.

--------------------------------- Cervical Screening

Ladies please check with reception if your smear is due. Every year in the UK, over 3000 women will be diagnosed with cervical  cancer and almost 1000 women will die from the disease.

-------------------------------- Shingles Vaccine

If you are aged 70, 78 or 79 please make an appointment with the practice nurse for your shingles vaccine. vaccination6

 

----------------------------------- Going to university?

If you are between the age of 18 - 24 please check with reception that you have had two doses of MMR before going to university.

-------------------------------- Watch out measles about!

Measles is a highly infectious viral illness. It can be very unpleasant and possibly lead to serious complications, including blindness and even death. We recommend that everyone over 12 months of age has the MMR vaccine. it is never too late to receive it. If you are not sure whether you or your children need the MMR vaccine please talk to your doctor, nurse or health visitor.  

 

The  members of the Patient Participation Group were contacted in November of 2013 and asked to select areas in which they felt we should prioritise in our annual survey. 

Access

On line booking

Quality of consulatation

The members discussed the areas and the Survey was drawn up by the Practice Manager and agreed by the group.

 

Please click on the link below to view the patient survey.

DPMG Survey 2013/14

 

Practice conducted the survey in January 2014. 250 surveys in total were handed out and we had a return of 250 - 100%.

250 were handed out in surgery over a period of 2 weeks, you may have been one of our patients that completed one. we had a fantastic return on these surveys 100% 

100% were collected back thanks to our great reception team who managed this for the two weeks.

The Data was analysed in house and then discussed with our PPG you can see our results and a copy of the minutes of the meeting

 click on the link below.

Minutes of PPG 24.02.2014

Survey Results 2014

 
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