The Parks Medical Practice
Newsletter
Blisworth – Roade – Hanslope - Grange Park
www.theparksmedicalpractice.co.uk
PPG
Issue No. Seven
Dear Reader
We are happy to inform you that your Practice recently had a
successful CQC visit, with a rating of GOOD.
Walking is deemed to be the best form of exercise and is totally
free. If you do not like to walk alone, look for a local walking
group or join a local Ramblers group.
Alternatively the villages have many activities that go on in village
halls and schools. Find out what happens in your village.
All the villages have limited car parking at the shops and the
health centres. Try when possible, to walk each time just to these
two venues to lessen the burden on parking. Additionally, you will
also be helping reduce air pollution
The lighter nights are now here so no more excuses for getting
started on a new healthier life style 
Holiday time is just around the corner for most of you. May we
remind you to organise your travel vaccinations at least a month
before travel by seeing your practice nurse.
Carer’s Meetings.
Are you aware that our
villages have carers groups?
See our notice boards for
more information.
Surgeries:
Park Slope Surgery
32 Stoke Road
Blisworth
Northants
NN7 3BT
Grange Park Surgery
Wilks Way
Grange Park
Northants
NN4 5DW
Roade Surgery
16 London Road
Roade
Northants
NN7 2NN
Hanslope Surgery
1 Western Drive
Hanslope
Bucks
MK19 7LA
Information on Non Attendance at Local Hospitals
This practice has worked hard this past year dealing with patients who make an appointment, then fail to arrive at the surgery.
Sending out letters and non- attendance SMS messages, has had good effect with the numbers of patients forgetting to come,
now much reduced, but not eliminated. We need now to tackle the large number of patients who fail to attend hospital and
physio appointments. Please take into consideration that every patient who fails to turn up at hospital isi)
ii)
iii)
Depriving someone else of an appointment.
Wasting NHS resources.
Wasting the time of highly trained clinicians.
If every one of our patients followed through with referrals/appointments to the hospitals, waiting lists could be reduced and
more people would get appropriate treatment more quickly.
Each of our surgeries gets around 15+ letters per week from hospitals and other medical departments letting us know of our
non Attenders. That is 60 such letters a week and 240 per month. Imagine how many in total across the whole country!
Your NHS is precious, must not be taken for granted and its abuse needs to be addressed by us all.
Issue No. Seven
Patient Group – Parks Medical Practice (PPG) for info + comments see our section on the Practice website
Thanks to the 506 of you who completed the December 2016 survey of the GP practices, the 2016 survey reveals
that many patients;
•
Have not heard of the PPG
•
Are aware of the website
•
Felt that access to the surgery and the services provided are ‘very’ good.
If you are interested in the full survey and its comparison to the 2012 survey, please contact your PPG member via the
surgery website www.theparksmedicalpractice.co.uk
All Results from December 2016 Survey
304
383
202
yes
305
123
no
q1 Have you
heard of the
PPG?
yes
no
yes
201
201
156
52
8
2
no
very
good
good
ok
not
good
poor
q2 Do you
q3 Do you
q4 How do you feel about access at
know the
know about
your surgery
practice has a the practice on
web site
line services
216
very
good
142
26
4
1
good
ok
not
good
poor
q5 How do you rate the service
provided to you by your GP surgery
Patient Tip
Practice Web Site. www.theparksmedicalpractice.co.uk
Please take a look at our new look website. It is full of
information, including the Extended Hours Surgeries,
dates and locations, Health Care advice, Patient group and
much more. Feel free to give us your feedback.
Book medication reviews for
a time and date that suit you
best. Check your prescription
to see when your review is
due and book in plenty of
time.
Late reviews
may result in
delays.
Each of the four surgeries has their own individual newsletters which have
been modified to suit the site.
Your local newsletter will be available from your surgery, please ask at reception.
Please address any comments about this newsletter to
Sylvia Barnsley, secretary for the PPG.