Minutes of the Audley PPG meeting
Held on Wednesday 13th January 2016
1 Present Kevin Shenton(Chair) David Hardy(Sec) Susan Withers (vice chair) Eileen McGuire.
Joan Brassington, Susan Edwards, Susan Brockley, Joan Polles Val Pearson, Mary Doherty,
Andrea Flanagan (Practice Ast Manager)
Guest Mrs Sheila Williams (prospective member)
2 Apologies Ian Wilkes, Alan Durnall, Julie Stokes (Practice Manager)
Before beginning the meeting, the Chairman introduced Mrs Sheila Williams to the group
Mrs Williams attended the meeting as a guest and prospective member.
3 Minutes of the previous meeting
Read and passed as a true record
4. Matters arising from previous minutes
(i) Life Cycle work:
David Hardy asked Andrea if all the life cycle work(decorating) had been completed, Andrea confirmed that all the work was now completed and the practice were pleased with the finished look.
(ii) Self-help numbers leaflet
Mary Doherty asked if there had been any work done towards producing the self-help useful numbers leaflet that had been talked about at the November meeting responding to Mary’s question DH said that the production of the leaflet had been delayed due to similar work being discussed on a locality level and it was thought to avoid duplication we would wait to see what proposals were being organised at the locality level.
5. Practice Matters.
(i) Technical equipment change over.
Andrea Flanagan was asked how the system changeover was progressing, Andrea said that the changeover date would be 15th March 2016, for the benefit of the members who had not attended when this topic was discussed Andrea went on to explain how the practice was changing from the present system Vision to the more widely used Emiss system which will bring the practice in line with the majority of the other practices within the CCG.
A.F went on to say that a number of training days were being planned for the staff and a dummy system would be set up where the staff could gain experience on the system.
Kevin Shenton said that he had heard some good feedback relating to the EMISS system.
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(ii) Limitations of the Walk in Centres:
AF wanted to highlight some of the limitations of the Haywood walk in centre (and others if applicable) where she had come across an anomaly where the walk in centre’s do not x-ray under 5’s and asked if the group thought it might be a subject that needed to be signposted better so patients know what is offered at these centres, Susan Edwards said that lists of treatments offered on the Walk in Centre web-site but this information was only of use to patients who are computer friendly.
The Chairman thought it might be counterproductive to highlight the negatives regarding the walk in centres when we are in the process of attempting to promote them as an alternative to A&E.
(iii) T.V Screen
DH asked Andrea about the content on the screen as some of the content was out dated and some of the subjects were not relevant anymore, DH said that normally he would contact Jill Minshull with any T.V. queries but understood that with the system change over looming, Jill was occupied with other work, AF said she would look into this matter.
(Since the meeting AF has informed me the screen is now up to date)
(iv) Primary Care Strategic Delivery Plan
Susan Withers (Vice chair) requested some information regarding an email that she had received requesting assistance from Health watch Staffordshire in promoting and producing the new primary care strategic plan.
Andrea said she had not received any information regarding this and did not know what was required.
The Secretary said he would respond to the email and pass on any information when applicable.
(v) Car Parking.
Although the PPG were aware of the ongoing problems with the practice car parking, Mary Doherty wanted to highlight the people who are parking at the centre then walking into Audley leaving their car to occupy spaces meant for patients, the Chairman said that the subject of the car parking was something that the practice was well aware of but he could not see what the answer was.
AF confirmed to the meeting that the policy of the practice was to request that any visitors coming to the practice for meetings or any other reason that they park on the pub’s car-park across the road.
The meeting suggested that a sign should be sited at the front of the doors informing people of the available “alternative parking “on the pub site.
6. Health Topic
DH requested from the meeting the next health topic that they wanted to be highlighted on the PPG notice boards in reception.
Several suggestions were put forward by the group and it was decided to combine blood donation and organ donation for February’s topic.
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7.Locality, Congress report.
The Secretary reported to the meeting the retirement of Naomi Chambers who was the Chairman of the patient congress as well as the lay-member on the NSCCG board, DH reminded everybody that in line with CCG requirements he had forwarded the application forms for any member who wanted to apply for the now vacant position, DH went on to praise Naomi for being at the forefront of patient participation and the driving force within the CCG for patient involvement.
The Secretary reiterated his invitation to all PPG members to attend the next Newcastle-North Locality meeting which is taking place on the Wednesday 20th January at 6pm at Newcastle fire station to discuss with a NHS England representative the concerns with the EPS prescriptions DH said this system is not in operation presently at Audley but fellow locality groups have been experiencing numerous problems and it was hoped this meeting would help to alleviate any further problems.
8. Financial report
The treasurer reported to the meeting that there had been no more outgoings from our account so the report remains at the same level as the last meeting, MJ did ask if Alan Durnall had received his payment for the printing of the war on waste flyers, DH said he would find out and report back to MJ.
9. A.O.B.
The Secretary told the meeting that the planned subject of Dementia friendly practices and the proposal of making Audley a “Dementia friendly” village has been postponed until the next meeting when it was hoped that the guest who was asked to come to this meeting would be available to give his talk.
Joan Brassington informed the meeting that the Audley L.A.P. were also doing some work along the same lines with dementia as we are planning and it was hoped that the two groups might be able to work together in the future to ensure the best outcome for the practice and the village.
Meeting Closed.
NEXT MEETING FEBUARY 10TH AT 4PM
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