Date: Thursday, February 27
This was the second meeting on the above issue and was once again chaired by Cllr Zafar Coupland and attended by several other local councillors.
Tony attended on behalf of PCN.
The purpose is to establish priority needs in this deprived ward.
Marc Dunne of Preston City Council’s Community Engagement team gave an update on youth issues and progress towards a youth hub and his colleague Rob Larcombe gave an update on Green Spaces initiatives, particularly in Grange Park and Waverley Park.
Vicky Fletcher from the same team updated on food hub access and new food hubs being set up.
A GP from the nearby Ribble Village Health Centre described how problems in dealing with a wide range of issues with the scale of demand a particular worry.
The referral system is causing particular concerns.
For more information on this and any other meetings, please contact Tony on tonyd@prestoncn.org.
2 comments
Jeanette Smalley
Hi Tony
Which referral systems are causing particular concerns?
Jeanette
Tony DawberAuthor
Hi Jeanette,
The matter came up due to the GP from Ribble Village expressing concerns about the number of patients he was referring on. Other attendees responded with the all too familiar worry that VCFSE groups were getting increasing numbers of referrals but not getting any extra resources to deal with them.
On checking my notes, there wasn’t any particular type of referral or area of the system which was singled out.
Hope that’s OK.
Tony