Purton and Green Gable Surgery PPG
Newsletter no 91
June 2022
A message regarding appointments from Kai Howard, Practice Manager
Patients can now book smear appointments online once they have received a letter inviting them to book. These are the only appointments that we can offer to book online currently. This is due to having various clinicians now working for Purton surgery.
We need to ensure that patients are seen by the most appropriate clinician and our reception team needs to ask you a few questions to ensure they book you an appointment with the most suitable team member. For example, if you have a medication query this is dealt with by our practice clinical pharmacists; a wound dressing, diabetic review or blood test will be managed by our practice nurses; a urine infection, earache or chest infection by our prescribing nurse practitioners, etc.
Help for appointments from Purton Age Concern Minibuses
For those who qualify to use them the Purton Age Concern Minibuses are available for getting to and from appointments at Purton surgery. Cost £2, please phone Hazel Woodbridge 770862.
Tabletop sale and books – Purton Surgery Waiting Room
The tabletop will be up and running in the Purton Surgery Waiting Room from 5 July. From that date there will also be books in the bookcase for purchase (50p each). If you wish to purchase from the Tabletop please hand your money to the reception team, please also donate any books by handing them to the reception team
PPG and the Purton Open Gardens - 9/10 July
Over the weekend of the Open Gardens the PPG will be selling plants at the home of Peter and Sue Berry, 44 Witts Lane. Do come and see us – and buy some plants!
200 Club draw
Membership is now open again so do consider joining. The annual cost is £15, Standing Order preferred. Monthly prizes, first prize is £100, second is £15. Forms are available from the Surgery, for more information on the 200 Club contact Trish Baker (tel 770371) who is a member of the PPG committee. The June draw was done by Medical Secretary Linda Fisher and £100 winner was Melanie Allsop.
Surgery car parking
Please remember to be respectful of others when using both Purton and Green Gable Surgery car parks – only use these car parks if you have an appointment and don’t park in a way that could make it difficult for other patients to access.
As always, your support for our work to both inform and support patients is much appreciated. If you know of anyone who would like to be included in our email list (all sent bcc) then please ask them to contact via groupforpatients@gmail.com