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The practice has an active Patient Participation Group and is an opportunity for patients to feedback to the practice about our performance, services we offer and suggestions as to how we can improve. One a year we publish a report that summarises the work of the Patient Participation Group over the last 12 months. To read the report for 2013/14 click here. If you would like to know more or join the group click here to email Christine Sanderson, Practice Managing Partner.

There has been lots in the press recently about the NHS Care.Data programme. For clarity:   NHS Care.Data – this is the programme that will extract Personal Confidential Data from the GP record, anonymise it and then use the data to improve public health. This is not to be confused with:   Summary Care Record – this is details of medications, allergies and sensitivities uploaded to the Summary Care Record so that these details are available to health care professionals when GP surgeries are closed.   Or Enhanced Data Sharing for SystmOne  – this is asking patients for consent to share their records so that  teams of health care professionals directly involved in their care have the opportunity to see one another's records of that care when appropriate.   The Care.Data programme will benefit patients by: Finding more effective ways of preventing, treating and managing illnesses   Making sure that any changes or improvements to services reflect the needs to