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

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

Third Runway at Heathrow

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

Third Reading Bridge

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

To commemorate the Peppard War Memorial Hall being built in memory of the local soldiers that never returned and the fact that it was built by his great grandfather in 1921 nearly 100 years ago, Ru Butler and his brother Nick both directors of Peppard Building Supplies have kindly donated to us a defibrillator to be located at the hall. A suitable plaque mentioning this link up in history will also be put in place. The Chiltern Edge Association Fund kindly gave the hall a contribution for the casing

Once installed on the outside of the Hall this will be available for the general public to use when required

Where – SONNING COMMON VILLAGE HALL
When – Sunday 14th April & Sunday 12th May
Morning session (10.30 to 12.30)
Afternoon session (14.00 to 16.00)
Cost – FREE !
Run by Sonning Common Community First Responders
How to help when someone’s heart has stopped beating
• When you might need to use a Public Access Defibrillator
• Where are the Public Access Defibrillators
• How do you gain access to a Public Access Defibrillator
• How to do CPR (Chest Compressions)
If you would like to attend, please email
defib@sonningcommonfirstresponders.co.uk
or ring 0118 9242515 to book your place.
If you are unable to attend these dates but would like to be kept informed of
future training sessions, please let us know using the above contact details.
Minimum age is 8 years, under 16s must be accompanied by an adult

Following Matters of Memory day in July, Sonning Common Health Centre are organising three talks/forums focusing on the everyday needs and concerns for those with Dementia and their carers. They will run monthly from February on a Tuesday afternoon at the Health Centre, upstairs in the Palmer room. There will be seating for 20 which will be pre-booked. A booking form will be available mid January, from reception or the Sonning Common website http://www.sonningcommonhealthcentre.co.uk/ or email PPG schcppg@gmail.com

Matters of Memory Talks poster

There will be two speakers at each event who will speak for 15 minutes each, then an hour or so for the audience to ask questions. Tea, coffee, cake and biscuits would follow.

The sessions will start at 14.00 and finish at 16.00

Tuesday 26th February 2019

Kate Hampton from Dementia Oxfordshire and Diana Beveridge – who spent several years as a one to one carer.

Tuesday 26th March 2019

Nicky Vernede a Dietician from Oxford Health and an Outreach Team worker from Carers Oxfordshire giving advice and support for carers

Tuesday 30th April 2019

Esther Ramsay-Jones from Sue Ryder and an Admiral Nurse from The Orders of St John Care Trust.

Forum on 26th February

The Palmer Room at the Health Centre was the venue for the first of three talks on Dementia. It was a glorious spring afternoon. Dr Sam Muncey introduced Kate Hampton from AGE UK and Diana Beveridge both of whom told very personal stories of being carers for family members and gave much useful advice. They explained how, when & where to get help. The talks were followed by questions and experiences from the audience. Tea, coffee and home-made cakes were served to round off the very successful afternoon.

The next talk is on Tuesday 26th March at 2 pm, there are a few seats still available but please book using a form at the Health Centre or www.sonningcommonhealthcentre.co.uk

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.