The Womens Institute – The Changi Quilts

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South & North Moreton

11 June 2014, North Moreton Village Hall at 7.30

THE CHANGI QUILTS

Speaker: Barbara Hately

TheChangiQuilts

The story of these rare quilts and the women who made them while interned in a prison camp in Singapore during WWll

Non-members always welcome – Admission £2

Patients and public encouraged to have a say on the design of local health services

Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) is encouraging patients and the public to join their local GP practices’ patient participation group by supporting National Patient Participation Awareness Week (1-7 June).  Some of the first PPGs in Oxfordshire started in the early 1980’s and have become groups of active volunteer patients who, via regular meetings with practice staff and GPs, provide feedback on the services offered and how improvements can be made for the benefit of all.

Gathering the patients’ perspective of services in this way allows GP practices to keep track of what works at the surgery and what could be improved. It also gives patients a channel through which to pass on comments and suggestions to OCCG about the other health services in their areas. Continue reading “Patients and public encouraged to have a say on the design of local health services”