Friends of Hadleigh Practice/The NHS Friends & Family Test

We are committed to giving you the best possible service. To achieve this doctors, staff and patients must work together.

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The Friends of the Hadleigh practice was formed by a group of volunteer patients in 1995 with the following aims:

To compile a register of volunteers to help with various projects when required.
To raise health awareness by holding health education meetings and lectures.
To inform patients of changes and developments in the practice.
To enable patients to express their viewpoints about their care.
To raise funds.

To this end the Friends of the practice are involved with patient surveys which are conducted in an effort to improve services and to ascertain patient needs.

We need your help!!

You may know that the patient group, The Friends of the Hadleigh practice (FOTHP), does a lot of sterling work for the patients of the practice.

Examples include stewarding the ‘Flu Clinics every year and organising events for patients. We also decide how any donations of money to the practice can be spent most beneficially for our patients. The FOTHP is involved in gathering patient opinions – for example by helping the practice staff to carefully plan occasional surveys. These surveys help the practice to offer the best possible service.

But now it is we who need your help. We need to boost our membership and would love to hear from anyone who is a patient at the Hadleigh practice (Broadstone or Corfe Mullen).

Do you have the odd hour or two to spare each month and would you like to join our committee? We are a very friendly bunch who are all committed to supporting the Hadleigh patients in any way we can.

Interested? Please give me a ring and I can tell you more about us.

Jacquie Hattemore 01202 691076 (Secretary FOTHP)

Fund-raising in the past few years has allowed the following purchases:

1997: 7 TENS machines, Arterial Doppler, 2 Digital BP monitors
1998: 2 chairs
1999: £1000 towards an operations lamp, 2 nebulisers, 2 cauterisers, 2 spirometers, a sigmoidoscope and lamp, 2 medical cameras with films
2000: A baby change unit, Doppler cuff, equipment boxes, £600 towards equipment for the Health Information Room based at Hadleigh Lodge
2001: 2 pillows, TV and video recorder, 12 paediatric ear thermometers and an operation equipment trolley.
2002: Minor operation trolley, pillows for consulting rooms, ear thermometers and a baby changing station for Health Visitors
2004: 2 hand-held spirometers, 6 TENS machines
2005: Heartscreen ECG machine
2006: 2 high-backed chairs for the waiting room, a pharmacy fridge and centenary plaque
2007: Health Information Room leaflets, spirometers, medical books for the nurse Practitioners
2008: Diagnostic otoscopes, health booklets and a water feature at Hadleigh Lodge
2009: (to year ending 30th Sept) Booklets for the Health Information Room
2010: Digital Camera for Dermascopy
2011: Cautery machine
2012: 6 pulse oximeters, weighing scales/BMI calculator for patient use.
2016: Ear irrigator to use on our patients
2018: 2 High Back Chairs for waiting rooms
2019: Minor ops light for our treatment room, 1 spirometer, patient examination couch, 2 vaccine fridges
2020: 1 Vaccine fridge

Friends and Family Test - Have Your Say

We would like to hear your thoughts on your recent experience of our services here at The Hadleigh Practice. Please take a few minutes to answer two questions and give us your feedback.

Please click here for the questionnaire.

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