Mission Statement

“Friends of the Village Surgery” is the practice’s Patient Participation group. It consists of a group of patients with an interest in discussing the function of the surgery’s activities by obtaining opinions from the patient population and feeding this back at regular meetings.

The group’s main purpose is to ensure that patients have a voice within the practice.

All patients are welcome to join. Details on how to apply are available at reception, on the surgery website and the dedicated notice board in the waiting room. From those expressing an interest, a group is selected to reflect the complete make-up of the practice population, including different age ranges, ethnicity, level of ability etc. Members will receive an advance copy of the practice newsletter, on which they may express their views and ask for items to be included.  They will be asked to complete various surveys throughout the year to ensure that the practice meets the expectations of the patients. Minutes of meetings will be available upon request.

Members will act as a voice for the community, feeding back views and opinions to ensure the practice continues to offer a good service to all patients.  They will also promote the services offered by the practice and help introduce new ideas and concepts to the community. The group members agree to canvass opinion in a series of meetings, also by publishing newsletters available in the practice, and posting information on a notice board dedicated the group, in a prominent position in the surgery. This will include results of patient surveys, and proposed action plans based on group discussions.

Once any actions are agreed and implemented by group members, the results will be publicised by the methods described above.

Patient Group

We would like to know how we can improve our service to you and how you perceive our surgery and staff.

To help us with this, we are setting up a virtual patient representation group so that you can have your say. We will ask the members of this representative group some questions from time to time, such as what you think about our opening times or the quality of the care or service you received. We will contact you via email and keep our surveys succinct so it shouldn’t take too much of your time.

We aim to gather around a hundred patients from as broad a spectrum as possible to get a truly representative sample. We need young people, workers, retirees, people with long term conditions and people from non-British ethnic groups.

If you are happy for us to contact you occasionally by email please click the link below to open the sign-up form and complete all the fields.

Complete the Patient Group Sign-up Form Online

If you prefer, you can download the sign up form as a pdf document, print it out, complete it and return it to the practice.

Download the pdf version of our sign up form

We will be in touch shortly after we receive your form. Please note that no medical information or questions will be responded to.

Many thanks for your assistance