2019 Health and Well-being Event
2017 Name changed to Patient Participation Group PPG
2016 community Health and Wellbeing event
2015 Promoting Friends and Family
2014 Maternity Services Survey with White Horse Practice leading to representation to National Maternity Review Report with Baroness Cumberledge and receipt of NAPP research award
2010 Age Concern Information Fair. over 200 people attended this highly successful event.
2009 “A Day in the Life of Church Street Practice” looking at a typical day in the Practice. Members of staff were asked to record their routines throughout a day and talk with a PIG committee member about them. All disciplines within the practice were covered and these accounts were then written up and made into a booklet. Some 800 were printed and it was put on the web reaching America and Australia!
2008 Website launched
2007 Healthy Eating Stand . This was outside W.H.Smith and Waitrose in an effort to take some of the health issues away from the Health Centre and to where people were doing their weekly shop. A range of information, leaflets, healthy snacks and a children’s activity were on offer. Some 200 people were engaged.
2005 10th Birthday Celebrations attended by patients, our founder GPs Dr Mark Drury and Dr Phillip Ambler, and representatives from the PCT.
2003 Move to new premises. A PIG committee member had been closely involved in this project. PIG produced a special newsletter with plans of the new surgery and PIG helpers were there for 3 weeks to help as guides.
2005 Activities Day
2001 Encouraged by Dr Mark Drury, PIG submitted an entry to the Royal College of GPs for the National Award for Patient Groups. We won and were presented with a cheque for £1000.
1997 Health Watch Day and 2001 a Health Odyssey.
Some 30+ stands covered a wide range of health promotion with information from both professional and voluntary organisations relating to health and general well being, The costs were covered by grants from the local authority and sponsorship by local groups.
1996 started Arthritis self help group. .(Ceased in 2004, but small group remain in contact.)
1996 Formation
