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At the PLG meeting in May the group were able to question the local pharmacy representative regarding the concerns raised by members that some local pharmacies had been closing at short notice during their normal opening hours.

The Patient Engagement for the Integrated Care System for Staffordshire is beginning to take shape with the formation of the ‘People and Communities Forum’ which held its first meeting via the internet at the end of January.

We were advised that this was due to the shortages of dispensing pharmacists which meant it is difficult to obtain a locum pharmacist when a regular staff member is taken ill. This has been aggravated by the continued absences of staff due to Covid infection.

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All three Leek GP Practices want to recruit new members to their patient groups as numbers have declined during the Covid pandemic. If you feel you could make a positive contribution to the running of your practice you will be very welcome.

As many of you will remember the local campaign to save the hospital and the decisions made by the CCG to make Moorlands Hospital the hub for the Moorlands.

He pointed out that it is illegal for medicines to be given to patients if there is no pharmacist on the premises and hence when there is no pharmacist on site patients collecting

We are very fortunate that a PPG member in Leek is a member of this forum and will be able to keep the Patient Locality Group informed of the developments in health and social care across Staffordshire. It is hoped that as the development of more local patient engagement that more local people will volunteer to be the patient’s voice.

One of our PPG’s had a presentation by Midland Partnership Foundation Trust on the plans for Moorland Hospital becoming an Integrated Care Hub in December.

It seems the NHS England have moved the goal posts and now require MPFT to submit a new business case to obtain the funding for the development of the Hub.

To express your interest please visit your practice website/Facebook page or just enquire at patient reception. Each practice is permitted three patient representatives to the Patient Locality Group and this group is involved across the five GP Practices for Leek and Biddulph which make up the Primary Care Network.

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This will be submitted in mid-2023. I am pleased to report that at least one experienced patient representative will be involved in the working group which was originally made up of only NHS staff.

Bas Pickering Secretary, Leek & Biddulph Patient Locality Group