Here are the minutes of the Patient Representative Group Meeting held on 29th May 2014. A few things to note maybe to comment on.
a) Patients over 75 to get named doctors
b) The aim is to have a plan in place by the end of May that the current partners and NHS
England feel would work, to ensure patient care in the West Wight
c) There are also thoughts of bringing in trained pharmacists who are highly trained. These pharmacists would be employed by the practice.
d) At the first point of contact patients will be asked a few short and precise questions to enable
the receptionist to directed the patient to the relevant healthcare professional, who will assess and either provide treatment or refer to the doctor.
e) The problems still remains that there are not enough GPs to see every patient and a change of working has to be looked at with increased input from nurses and healthcare assistants.
f) The plan is to extend the partnership with backing from a support company, which could be LML or similar. This would enable the practice to carry on with the General Medical Services Contract. The decision is ultimately with the existing partners in conjunction with NHS England and will be taken
within the next month. As this would mean the current contract is continuing there is no
need for public consultation.
g) Yarmouth Surgery is due to re-open on 1 July but it will be with a different service than
before. It is likely it will be with a rotation of staff and run in the same way as Brookside.
There is some pretty significant stuff in there!!! If you choose to leave comments here, in the comments boxes, I will collate and pass over to the practice. I don't know whether the patient representatives are geographically allocated or what, or whether the intention is that we comment via the reps. Probably best to pass comments over to Mike Oldham. It could be that patients would like to hear more, maybe in a meeting hall? Surely that can be arranged, if anyone would like that.
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