Patient Participation Group

Special Announcement - PPG Meeting: Thursday 14th March 2024 @ 13:00 at Matrix Medical Centre 10a Beacon Hill, Chatham, Kent ME5 7JX.

We are delighted to invite Jodi from Xyla Health Wellbeing to come and talk to us about the Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme. You might have heard it referred to as Low Calorie Diet or Soups and Shakes. The programme is a fully funded, one year course to help support patient with Type 2 Diabetes to reduce their weight, reduce medication and reduce their HbA1c levels and overall improve their quality of life.

You can visit their website to find out more about the programme and other services Xyla Health and Wellbeing offer: https://xylahealthandwellbeing.com/

Please complete Patient Participation Group Form or call the surgery to express your interest.

• To offer opinions in a constructive manner and to put forward ideas on behalf of other patients.
• To improve the provision of health care.
• To improve communication between surgery, patients and the wider community about matters concerning the surgery and health in general.
• To provide assistance in development of new services.
• To encourage a spirit of self help and support amongst patients to improve their health and social care.

The group would like to contact patients on occasion by email and/or text so that they can obtain the views of the widest group of patients possible. We would like to obtain your email address and mobile phone number to do this. Please complete the Patient Contact Form to provide your consent for this.