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Petition the powers that be?

donnellysdogs said:
All GP's have to have PPG's to get an extra source of income from government.....ours gets another £10k + for having a PPG...

PPG stands for Patient Partcipation Group. My Group meets every two months...

Since Chair of my Practice we have had a survey, increased Patients awareness of the Group and going to attend flu clinics to increase Patients awareness if items such as Online Appts, Online Test results and Patients care plans...plus Carers, diabetes, asthma info...and we do Newsletters where my volunteers hand them out in the Practice and get surveys done too.

Gp's do not have to act upon the survey reports but the CQC do expect them to listen to their Patients and act if it is possible. We also learn things like our CCG giving pumps to all new diagnosed under 12's.. Etc.

However, it is not a Group for individual complaints.... Just a way to bridge communications and improve things at ground root level for all Patients... Have a look at Napp.org.uk website...

Lots of Practices do a lot more than ours...ours was not run well previously..we are just getting going really, but the improvements are excellent with our Practice... Got small things like new chairs, better opening times, more info, I even pass on details of the LCHF from southportgp to our Senior Partner at the Practice...

Sometimes you have to start at ground roots level to make a difference... I will never give up doing something to help people with diabetes in the future. Thats why I also do research at QE2 hosp in Birmingham.

Small things can make big differences...
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Thanks for that. I'll make some enquiries at my practice. My town has a population of 25k and the two practices are housed in the same health centre building. A brand new community hospital is due to open here this month too. I haven't checked out the possibility of a diabetes group yet because I'm not one for joining groups but perhaps this is too important to ignore. I'll investigate further.
Thanks again :-)
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It seems that some PPG's are really active, some less so because ... Sorry for this.... The people that find it an interest to join are elderly people with time on their hands and illnesses....

ALL PPG's need younger people to join up that can make a difference.... Ours is getting a better telephone system later in the year.. We are just kept up to date with NHS changes, GP's leaving, complaints... And from that we try to improve things for our Patients as a whole.

Without interest of all ages, ethnicity, etc the GP's will carry on being GOD's and they aren't.....

Our Practice has 9500 patients but just 19 answered surveys 2 years ago. Last year it was 220+ which was a huge increase due to volunteers, but still not a true representation of Patients views....

Get your voices heard...


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A previous petition got this response:

Government response
Every person with diabetes is different and their clinical condition and personal situation changes throughout their life. If a person has diabetes, it is central to his or her care that they receive the most appropriate advice to help them manage their condition. However, the Department of Health does not provide specific dietary advice to people with diabetes.

The Department of Health wants people to know that they can change their lifestyle and make a difference to their health. This is achieved by giving the public clear and consistent messages on why they should change their lifestyle, and what they can do to make this easier.

The self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in the management of non-insulin treated Type 2 diabetes is the subject of a recently published report from NHS Diabetes. It recommends that in keeping with the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence guidance (CG87), SMBG should only be provided routinely to people with Type 2 diabetes who are not treated with insulin or sulphonylurea and where there is an agreed purpose or goal to testing. SMBG should only be used within a care package and accompanied by structured education, which ensures that people with diabetes have a clear understanding of the role of monitoring and of how the results can improve health outcomes. Individuals with non-insulin treated diabetes who are motivated by SMBG to maximise the benefits of lifestyle and medication should be encouraged to continue to monitor their blood glucose.

Prescribing decisions about blood glucose test strips are for local determination, but Primary Care Trusts should not impose a blanket policy on testing strips for people with Type 2 diabetes.

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I like the way it says "should be encouraged" to test bloods....but doesn't say "should be prescribed the facilitys to test BG"... So leaves it wide open for GP's to say 'buy your own' or the same attitude.

I think it is important to realise that our GP's are not working necessarily on behalf of Patients Health.... They are a business and as of next year they will have to publish some financial reports.....

Our GP's work for the NHS to generally practice medicine, but foremost they are all businesses...



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IanD said:
A previous petition got this response:

Government response
Every person with diabetes is different and their clinical condition and personal situation changes throughout their life. If a person has diabetes, it is central to his or her care that they receive the most appropriate advice to help them manage their condition. However, the Department of Health does not provide specific dietary advice to people with diabetes.

The Department of Health wants people to know that they can change their lifestyle and make a difference to their health. This is achieved by giving the public clear and consistent messages on why they should change their lifestyle, and what they can do to make this easier.

The self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in the management of non-insulin treated Type 2 diabetes is the subject of a recently published report from NHS Diabetes. It recommends that in keeping with the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence guidance (CG87), SMBG should only be provided routinely to people with Type 2 diabetes who are not treated with insulin or sulphonylurea and where there is an agreed purpose or goal to testing. SMBG should only be used within a care package and accompanied by structured education, which ensures that people with diabetes have a clear understanding of the role of monitoring and of how the results can improve health outcomes. Individuals with non-insulin treated diabetes who are motivated by SMBG to maximise the benefits of lifestyle and medication should be encouraged to continue to monitor their blood glucose.

Prescribing decisions about blood glucose test strips are for local determination, but Primary Care Trusts should not impose a blanket policy on testing strips for people with Type 2 diabetes.

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Glad they recognise we're all different, pity they mostly give blanket dietary advice. Glad they recognise we need a change in lifestyle, pity they encourage many to choose eating habits that may adversely affect their health. I think the exercise advice is good but that's a no brainier ...


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peacetrain said:
Humph!!! So much written about how diabetes costs the NHS yet they don't think of cheaper preventative measures i e dietary advice.


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Oh I was offered bariatric surgery, costing how much? Around £15,000 I think. All I wanted was a community health grant to provide water exercise for 25 people with health related problems due to diabetes. £2,000 would have been enough. Local NHS said no!
 
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