About Us

A Patient Reference Group (PRG) is a selection of patients and practice staff who meet at regular intervals to decide ways of making a positive contribution to the services and facilities offered by the practice to the patients and to act as a critical friend to the practice.

The purpose of a Patient Reference group:

  • To give practice staff and patients the opportunity to discuss topics of mutual interest in their Practice.
  • To provide the means for patients to make positive suggestions about the Practice and their own healthcare.
  • To encourage health Education activities within the Practice.
  • To develop self-help projects to meet the needs of fellow patients.
  • To act as a representative group that can be called upon to influence the local provision of Health and Social Care.
  • To give patients an opportunity to share areas of interest and concern and to bring these to the attention of the practice staff.
  • To involve further patients from the wider population.

The Original PRG was established in October 2007. Currently there are 11 members, covering a wide range of ages. The PRG aims to be representative of the practice population. Key practice demographics are considered in the make-up of the patient group and will relate (but not be confined) to:

  • Age
  • Ethnicity
  • Gender
  • Occupation (or Employment status)
  • Parental status
  • Disabled status
  • Carer status

The PRG is representative of the registered patients and where a category of patients is not represented, steps are taken to engage with those patients; The practice and participation group make a great effort to ensure that the group is representative of the local population.

Panel members

Jane Horn MBE - Chair - joined 2011

Peter Roffey OBE - joined 2007

Paul Crosby - Latham House Medical Practice - Practice Manager

Julian Crew - joined 2007

Tad Stenzel - joined 2011

Mike Kitching - Secretary - joined 2014

Angie Philips - Latham House Medical Practice - Engagement and Communications - joined 2020

Nishita Andrea Ganatra - joined 2022

Louise Finn - joined 2021

David Hayton-Hill - joined 2022