PPG & Friends
Patient Participation Group (PPG)
Why is the PPG necessary?
The PPG supports the aims of the Alma Ata Declaration that includes the statement: "The people have the right and duty to participate individually and collectively in the planning and implementation of their health care."
Key Objectives of the PPG:
- To provide an effective forum for patients, carers and staff to support Bideford Medical Centre in its delivery of healthcare.
- To encourage open discussion of changes of services and their delivery and to help shape the future policies and direction of the Practice.
- To empower patients in developing an interest in their primary health care at the surgery.
- To consult on information packs and patient leaflets which are of interest to patients.
Membership:
A doctor and a Manager from BMC - Dr. Alison Stapley and Mrs. Olivia Bassett.
A panel of 7 Members – Mrs Angela French, Mr Leno Lamanna, Mr Malcolm Fairbrother, Mrs Joy Shore, Mrs Denise Oldaker, Mrs Sally Willis & Miss Libby Willis.
If you would like to join the PPG please contact the Practice Manager.
Meetings:
Meetings occur quarterly.
BMC wishes to thank both the Trustees of the Friends of BMC and the PPG for all of their hard work for the practice and its patients.
FRIENDS OF BIDEFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
The Friends of Bideford Medical Centre is a Charity set up in 1998. The charitable status and registration was approved by the Charity Commission on 23rd October 1998.
Its main objectives are to provide and improve facilities and equipment for the relief of sickness, the preservation of health of the patients at the Medical Centre and the advancement of education in the provision of healthcare.
Its functions are to raise funds and receive donations, by way of gifts or legacies, for the benefit of patients.
If you wish to contribute or help please contact our Practice Manager or one of the Trustees via the Suggestion Box inside the main entrance to the Medical Centre.
Trustees : Brian D Hall-Tomkin MA(Cantab), Jonathon Poyner FCA, Roger Chope.