effective as washing hands properly. So, patients should be encouraged to use bathroom facilities. Use of Wi-Fi in the waiting rooms is not possible due to risks to confidential material. Guest Speakers Ian Hodgson will be our first guest – speaker at our next meeting speaking about HIV. Then others to speak at following meetings. A sub-committee has been formed to make a list of speakers on different Kathleen subjects. . Kathleen asked if we could have a poster in the waiting room with the GPs’ photographs and a brief description of their specialities. Carey pointed out that this information is on the Practice website, in the new patient’s booklets and packsif patients want this information a booklet will ‘old’ be available at reception. Feedback from a diabetic patient requesting early Patients Comments and morning or late evening appointments due to working Suggestions long hours. The Practice already has early morning and Sub-Group late evening appointments available on Mondays. The You did issue is how we communicate this to patients. Carey has given the PPG a challenge to investigate how communication between the Practice and patients can be improved. A sub-committee of Madeleine, Shelagh, Ian and Jill are to look into this and report back at the next meeting this covers item 9 – on the agenda NHS Carey is sure we have all seen on the news and read – reports about the extreme pressure the whole of the NHS is Practice Report undergoing due to the sheer volume of patients. Our Practice is affected just like every other Practice in Bradford (and the UK)
effective as washing hands properly. So, patients should be encouraged to use bathroom facilities. Use of Wi-Fi in the waiting rooms is not possible due to risks to confidential material. Guest Speakers – Ian Hodgson will be our first guest speaker at our next meeting speaking about HIV. Then others to speak at following meetings. A sub-committee has been formed to make a list of speakers on different subjects. . Kathleen Patients Comments and Suggestions You did Kathleen asked if we could have a poster in the waiting room with the GPs’ photographs and a brief description of their specialities. Carey pointed out that this information is on the Practice website, in the new patient’s booklets and packsif ‘old’ patients want this information a booklet will be available at reception. Feedback from a diabetic patient requesting early morning or late evening appointments due to working long hours. The Practice already has early morning and late evening appointments available on Mondays. The issue is how we communicate this to patients. Carey has given the PPG a challenge to investigate how communication between the Practice and patients can be improved. A sub-committee of Madeleine, Shelagh, Ian and Jill are to look into this and report back at the next meeting – this covers item 9 on the agenda Sub-Group Practice Report NHS – Carey is sure we have all seen on the news and read reports about the extreme pressure the whole of the NHS is undergoing due to the sheer volume of patients. Our Practice is affected just like every other Practice in Bradford (and the UK)