Introduction to the PPP Reports on Open Events BBC ACTION NETWORK: our campaign
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If you value your GP - you should attend this meeting
The Practice Patient Groups of:
Wrington Vale Medical Practice,
Wavering Down Medical Practice
Yatton and Congresbury Medical Practice
invite you to a Public Meeting on
Thursday 22 May at 7.30pm
St James Hall - Winscombe
"Our GP Services are the Jewel in the Crown of the NHS"
Their future in this rural area could be at stake.
John Penrose MP, Dr Liam Fox MP
and Chris Born Chief Executive
North Somerset Primary Care Trust
will be at the meeting
If you value your GP surgery, discover what is happening and express your views.
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Expert Patients’ Programme
Expert Patients' Programme (EPP) run by North Somerset Primary Care Trust (PCT). It seems a really good service that the PCT is anxious to promote, and want as many local people as possible to be aware of.
It is a free service which patients with a long term conditions can book themselves into. Patients who have participated in the past speak very highly indeed of the programme. Transport may be available to help patients access the venues
It's for anyone with any long- term or chronic health condition(s).
Groups of 8 - 16 participants meet over six weekly sessions (of 2 ½ hours each) and are led through a structured course by trained tutors who are also themselves living with a long term/chronic health condition.
Each session looks at ways patients can help manage their own conditions, such as
Dealing with pain/extreme tiredness
Coping with feelings of depression
Relaxation techniques and exercise
Healthy eating
Communicating with family, friends and health professionals
Planning for the future.
Anyone who feels they might benefit from participating in the programme should contact Marilyn Edwards at North Somerset PCT, Waverley House, Clevedon
tel. 01275 546757 email marilyn.edwards@nsomerset-pct.nhs.uk
Jose Tarnowski
Practice Manager
Wrington Vale Medical Practice
01934 854041
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Patient Practice Partnership event on Diabetes
Wrington Vale Medical Practice patient liaison group held another successful evening in the Sports & Social Club pavilion, Wrington, on Tuesday, 21st November.
The programme had been arranged by Practice Manager, Jose Tarnowski, and included contributions from Judith Wood, the specialist diabetes nurse from the North Somerset Primary Care Trust, Dr Joanna King, one of the GPs and Nurse Vicky Cheater from the Practice, Sally Furniss, a specialist dietician, and two patients, all chaired by Dr David Portas.
We learned that 2 million people in the UK are known to have diabetes (Type 1 & Type 2) and probably another 750,000 are unaware they have it.
Type 1 mainly affects the under 40s, whose body fails to make insulin, and are treated by daily injection. Type 2 hits mainly the over 40s, whose natural insulin is not effective enough in dispelling sugar from their bloodstream. Their treatment includes diet, physical exercise, weight loss, and medication.
There is a steady rise in the proportion of the population suffering from diabetes, as there is in the rate of obesity. In particular, waist size is an issue. Diabetes can lead on to heart disease, kidney failure, and blindness, but, if spotted and treated early, it can be controlled.
A sensible diet generally involves a 'healthy eating' regime of regular meals, which should include carbohydrate intake through the day, olive oil or rape seed-based spreads.
The two patients, one Type 1, the other Type 2, gave realistic and encouraging accounts of their experience since they contracted the condition - and managed to include not a little humour.
Two representatives of Diabetes Weston support group had kindly brought a comprehensive display of material, promising information and assistance for sufferers.
The committee of the Patient Practice Partnership are most grateful to all who made the event so successful, and look forward to their next open event on children's ailments early in 2007.
RT
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Wrington Vale Medical Practice
Patient-Practice Partnership
was set up in 2005 by a group of patients
(i) to be an independent means of maintaining and improving communication between patients and practice,
(ii) to hold events on specific topics,
(iii) and to monitor developments in the wider NHS beyond this rural practice.
Every patient of the practice is by definition a member of the PPP, which has an agreed constitution, and is run by a small committee of patients, subject to annual re-election at an AGM.
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