THE Fairfield Medical Practice surgery in Abban Street has recently formed a Patient Participation Group and are currently seeking to recruit new members.

Within the group, patients meet with members of the practice team on a regular basis of every six weeks approximately.

• Patients are informed so that they can give their views on existing medical services and help plan future services.
• Practice staff explain new Health Service developments and seek patients’ views on how these can be best implemented.
• Practice staff can hear how patients would like to see their Health Care delivered, and try to design their services accordingly.
  Says Practice Manager Marie Scicluna, “Please give some thought to volunteering to become a member of this group - we need your input into both reviewing current services and planning for the future.
  “You do not need to have any experience - just be willing to give a little of your time to meet with us.
  “We would like to see a varied patient representation e.g. young, elderly, middle-aged, parents of young children, etc, and in certain circumstances there are funds available to cover transport and/or child minding.”
  Anyone interested who would like some further information in the first instance, can contact the surgery on 713939 or call in at reception.