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Thursday, September 13, 2007

The Patients' Group promotes Healthy Living with regular evening talks by eminent Consultants on a wide variety of health topics.  These talks are advertised on this site and at the Surgery.  For those unable to attend, reports on these meetings are available elsewhere on this site.

We organise other events with a view to enabling patients to meet practice staff on a social basis, and to raise sufficient funds to operate the Patients' Group itself.  We publish an occasional newsletter, helping patients to keep up to date with developments in the Practice and the wider NHS.  We welcome comments on those developments and other suggestions, which can be fed back to the Practice by contacting Hans Danziger at hans.danziger@talktalk.net or Jean Hall  at jeanrankine@btinternet.com.

Much of our inspiration comes from the belief that the relationship between patients and those who organise their healthcare should be as open as possible, and that many  of the traditional barriers can be overcome.  In particular, the group seeks to provide a channel through which patients can express their concerns to the practice management on an anonymous basis.  If you have questions or concerns, then the group's Vice-Chairman Henry Palmer (020 8994 3394) or henrypalmer@btinternet.com  will be happy to receive your call and to treat it in confidence.


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