Ferry Road Health Centre, Rye

Our aims are:

•	To give doctors and patients the opportunity to discuss topics of mututal interest in the Practice.
•	To provide the means for patients to make positive suggestions about the Practice and their Healthcare.
•	To encourage health education activities within the Practice.
•	To develop support and self-help groups to meet the needs of all Patients.
•	To act as a representative group to influence the local provision of Health and Social care.
•	To undertake fund raising in order to provide extra facilities for the Practice and its Patients.

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•	To give doctors and patients the opportunity to discuss topics of mututal interest in the Practice.
	One of the main aims of the Ferry Road PPG is to encourage Patients to become more aware of their own health care. We organise talks and events on subjects such as:
•	First Aid & Accident Prevention
•	How to manage Arthritis. Asthma and Diabetes
•	Caring for your back
•	How to cope with Stress
•	What we eat and drink and how it affects our health
•	A better understanding of Cancer and its treatment
•	Alternative therapies

Other Groups have set up voluntary car schemes, self-help groups and weight loss clinics. Support has been arranged for the bereaved - whatever local Patients believe would benefit their own or other Patient's Health.

We meet regularly to discuss matters affecting the Practice and its Patients. We are affiliated to NAPP (the National Association for PPG's).

The Ferry Road PPG needs and appreciates the help amd support of all Patients to get the best possible healthcare in our Community. If you are interested in:
•	Obtaining further information
•	Have any suggestions to make
•	If you would like to receive future PPG newsletters

Please contact us initially by posting your name, address and phone number to the Surgery, addressed to the PPG Secretary. There is a confidential PPG mailbox in the Waiting Area of the Surgery which is emptied regularly.