together. We will invite them to our next meeting in December to discuss the idea. We have sent them our presentation on Good Neighbours schemes. Compassionate Community pilot scheme - professional befriending of the most vulnerable in the surgery catchment area. If you would like to find out about training and volunteering for this new scheme please get in touch with the PPG or the surgery reception. No movement we will continue to push this programme. Healthwatch Herefordshire is planning to establish a patients and stakeholders forum which would meet four times a year to discuss topics that the patient community want to find out more about. Patients enrolling on line at the surgery to make appointments and reorder prescriptions. The PPG will promote this initiative. The PPG secretary spoke to Lesley Woakes Director of primary care at the CCG to ask would it be possible for the CCG to look at the barriers to enrol. We await a response. Patients not showing up for their appointments, the PPG asks all patients to enrol with reception to give the surgery your mobile phone number so that you can receive SMS messages to remind you to attend or so that you can cancel easily. No shows were 257 between July - September. This represents 43 hours of doctors time wasted. Taurus out of hours GP appointments using your records. If you need an appointment out of surgery hours or at weekends in Ross on Wye or Hereford , call the surgery during normal opening hours or Taurus direct on 0800 121 7221 between 6-8pm weekdays and 8am-8pm at weekends. You can also call 111 for a Taurus appointment. Date of next meeting 6 December at the surgery at 14.00.
together. We will invite them to our next meeting in December to discuss the idea. We have sent them our presentation on Good Neighbours schemes. Compassionate Community pilot scheme - professional befriending of the most vulnerable in the surgery catchment area. If you would like to find out about training and volunteering for this new scheme please get in touch with the PPG or the surgery reception. No movement we will continue to push this programme. Healthwatch Herefordshire is planning to establish a patients and stakeholders forum which would meet four times a year to discuss topics that the patient community want to find out more about. Patients enrolling on line at the surgery to make appointments and reorder prescriptions. The PPG will promote this initiative. The PPG secretary spoke to Lesley Woakes Director of primary care at the CCG to ask would it be possible for the CCG to look at the barriers to enrol. We await a response. Patients not showing up for their appointments, the PPG asks all patients to enrol with reception to give the surgery your mobile phone number so that you can receive SMS messages to remind you to attend or so that you can cancel easily. No shows were 257 between July - September. This represents 43 hours of doctors time wasted. Taurus out of hours GP appointments using your records. If you need an appointment out of surgery hours or at weekends in Ross on Wye or Hereford , call the surgery during normal opening hours or Taurus direct on 0800 121 7221 between 6-8pm weekdays and 8am-8pm at weekends. You can also call 111 for a Taurus appointment. Date of next meeting 6 December at the surgery at 14.00.
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