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ULEY SURGERY
Uley Surgery are eager to ensure that local people are involved in deciding how the services
they use should develop. To provide patients with the opportunity to express their views we
have set up Uley Surgery Patient Participation Group.
In 2011, a group of patients were invited by the doctors of Uley Surgery to form a group.
The aim of the Patient Participation Group is to give patients, GP's and practice staff an
opportunity to meet, to exchange ideas and information and then to take action if necessary.
The group generally meets quarterly.
Group Members at present:
Mrs A Sutcliffe
Mrs C Bebbington
Mr J North
Mrs C Penley
A patient survey has been produced and is available in the surgery and on the practice
website for users of the practice to complete, the results of which will be published in the
future. In addition patients can leave comments relating to the surgery in the suggestions
box in the waiting room, we will be pleased to hear your views.
The Uley 100 Club
Thanks to the initiative and energy of Angela Haddrell, the resuscitation of the Uley 100 Club
has got off to a fine start. In only a few weeks Angela has recruited 95 punters – only five
short of her initial target of 100.
The first new draw took place on 1 November during the interval at the Uley Allsorts’
meeting in the Village Hall. To ensure fair play, the discs were drawn out of the traditional
bag by Maurice Ball. The winners were:
1 st Sheila Shipton £20
2 nd Mrs Jackie Eldridge (Thrupp) £15
3 rd Tim Powell £10
The aim of the Club is to provide funds for the running and maintenance of the Playing Field
and the Pavilion. Money is always needed. Besides routine expenses – grass-cutting,
electricity, insurance and so on – unexpected costs keep cropping up. For instance, the
pump that powers the showers finally broke down last month. Luckily Dave Hill, who does a
tremendous amount of voluntary work for the footballers and cricketers, managed to find a
good replacement at a keen price, but even that was £250.
The workings of the 100 Club are very simple. An annual subscription of £12 buys each
member a single number between 1 and 100 (you can buy more than one number if you
like). A draw is made on the first of each month, and three prizes are given.
If the number of members goes over 100 (as we hope it will), more prizes will be given, so
that the odds will remain the same.
JOIN NOW - either through Joy at the Shop,
or through Angela – 861131.
DUFF HART-DAVIS
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