Peppard News

Bus Service 25 has been reduced to one hour

January 28, 2019·0 comments

BUS services linking Sonning Common and Peppard to Reading has been cut. The pink 25 service, which is run by…

Speedwatch

January 28, 2019·0 comments

A Speedwatch team comprising a team of volunteer villagers was set up to monitor speeding motorists through the village. Trained…

Third Runway at Heathrow

January 28, 2019·0 comments

With the approval of the third runway at Heathrow, there is concern that there will be an increased amount of…

Third Reading Bridge

January 28, 2019·0 comments

There has been much local discussion about the proposed Third Reading Bridge which would cross the Thames and enter south…

The ‘Health Walks’ project was set up by Dr William Bird, a GP in the village of Sonning Common. The aim of the project was to improve people’s fitness, both in body and mind, by encouraging them to use their local countryside for walking. Together with Val Lunn, a local fitness instructor, Dr William Bird promoted the project which has now grown into a very successful scheme that has been adopted nationwide.

Our programme of walks will take a short break over Christmas: there will be no walks between Saturday 15^th December and Tuesday 1^st January (inclusive) We aim to have two trained volunteer leaders on every walk, one to lead the way, and the other to bring up the rear to ensure no-one gets lost. In the event of really bad weather (heavy rain/strong wind/snow) the walks may be cancelled – but it has to be quite bad for that to happen!

Timetables are available from the library the Health Centre and the Herb Farm, or on the website at www.sonningcommonhealthwalks.co.uk/timetable.

The PPG is a small group of active and helpful patient volunteers from Sonning Common Health Centre. We provide a link between patient and staff to improve it’s health care provision and environment to mutual benefit.

The role of the PPG is to be a ‘critical friend’ to the practice. We are there to gain information about responsiveness and quality of services, from a patient perspective, therefore being able to provide informed insight back to the practice.

The PPG are also present to encourage patients to take greater responsibility for their own health and their family’s health; this is done by organising health promotion events in consultation with the Health Centre and improving health literacy available to patients.

The Sonning Common Health Centre PPG will communicate and research regularly with the patient and practice users about current Health Centre issues and advances as well as any other concerns or recommendations they may have. This helps us to optimise knowledge of the patient population and make sure they are as informed as possible. In turn we can then help make their whole Health Care experience as efficient as possible.

Sonning Common Health Centre was rated Outstanding after its last Care Quality Commission visit. We are very proud to say we are one of only 6% practices in the country to receive this rating. And in a recent patient satisfaction survey the Health Centre came 51st in the country out of 7,901 practices. The PPG are here to help the practice continue to provide the best service it can and hopefully improve on this already amazing ranking.

If you have any feedback or comments, please don’t hesitate in getting in touch – we would appreciate hearing from you via the communication links below.

The PPG is currently looking for new members to help it fulfil its role. If you are interested in joining Sonning Common Health Centre PPG, or have any questions or feedback for us, please do get in contact either via the website’s “Contact Us” link at http://www.sonningcommonhealthcentre.co.uk via our email address schcppg@gmail.com or directly at the Health Centre on a PPG contact form which is held in reception.

Dear parish clerks

For your information, in case you receive queries, I am emailing to notify you that we have sent a letter (Household Notification Letter) to all households in the district confirming the voter registration information we have for the people living in their property. The letters should start arriving this weekend/next week.

If the information is correct, they do not need to do anything. However, if the information is wrong/incomplete residents should visit householdresponse.com/southandvale as soon as possible to update their details (they will need the two security codes on the letter) – this is to help ensure their information is correct before the 2019 local elections in May.

Regards

Steven

Steven Corrigan
Democratic Services Manager
Legal and Democratic
Direct line: 01235 422526

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils

Visit us at: www.southoxon.gov.uk, www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

To find out more about how the council holds, uses and stores your personal data, please click on the appropriate council’s link South link and Vale link.