March 17, 2026

Minutes

MI (Dr Michael Ince)

 

LW (Leanne Williams)

 

HF (Hayley)

 

JM (Chair)

 

JC 

 

VR 

 

Welcome/Introductions and apologies: Nothing to report

 

Approval of minutes from last meeting: Minutes approved by all

 

Actions of minutes from last meeting: 

 

·         First Aid Training First Aid Training - JM kindly visited another GP practice where St Johns Ambulance were providing a First Aid Training session in the waiting area.  MI/LW advised this is something we can host at the practice. LW/HF to arrange invitations for cohort of patients.  PPG to liaise with St Johns and see what availability they may have.  This could also help with PPG Recruitment

·         Support for carers: Carers to be invited to First Aid Training.  Also to look into arranging a coffee morning.  Wendy S, practice Care Coordinator and Carers Lead to liaise further with PPG.

 

 

PPG Recruitment:   PPG and Practice to investigate ways how the PPG can support the practice i.e. goals, targets and how we can recruit more PPG members.  All agreed to host every other PPG meeting remotely which may attract further members.  MI advised he is happy to attend a separate meeting outside of the PPG meeting to discuss this further.  LW to arrange an additional meeting.

 

Update from Practice -

 

·         Recruitment:

o   Successfully recruited female GP, Dr Shazia Arshad who will work Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning and all day Thursday.

o   Interview for a Patient Services Administrator next week

 

AI:  Governance is nearly in place. We hope to be piloting AVT from May. We will also trail Co-Pilot for the next PPG meeting.

 

New GP Contract:  MI updated all re the access requirements from 1st April as part of the new GP contract for clinically urgent and non-urgent requests.  Online forms are to be open and available to patients during core hours (0800 – 1830 Monday to Friday).  Lots of GPs will take part in BMA vote re the contract changes nationally.

 

National Breast Screening update: MI was pleased to announce that the uptake for breast screening for patients at the surgery has increased and we are now above the national average.  This is a great achievement and a team effort.  A special thank you to JC for creating the poster to raise awareness. 

 

Practice Boundary

 

MI updated all that we will be applying to extend the practice boundary as capitation figures have dropped and we have capacity to increase.  PPG agreed.

 

Lung Cancer Screening:  The surgery will be participating in this programme as a PCN. Advertising will be done by outside source, and appointments will be held a hospitals/diagnostic Centres. (for chest x-rays). We will also be placing this on our media screen in the waiting to raise awareness

 

AOB

 

PPG to kindly design a patient survey

 

Date of next meeting

 

Thursday 2nd June at 6pm