{"id":8,"date":"2026-03-13T14:04:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefriendsofcapelfieldsurgery.co.uk\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:57:21","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thefriendsofcapelfieldsurgery.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae18097 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ae18097\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-372a240f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"372a240f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/thefriendsofcapelfieldsurgery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-14-at-4.52.50-AM-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-77\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefriendsofcapelfieldsurgery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-14-at-4.52.50-AM-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thefriendsofcapelfieldsurgery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-14-at-4.52.50-AM-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thefriendsofcapelfieldsurgery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-14-at-4.52.50-AM-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thefriendsofcapelfieldsurgery.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-14-at-4.52.50-AM.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-577ed2bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"577ed2bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71e6af9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71e6af9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3550d676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3550d676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Patient Participation Group:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-882bd9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"882bd9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who Are We<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c95cc8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c95cc8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The friends of Copperfield Surgery is a registered charity which for over 30 years has acted as a conduit<br \/>for the exchange of information between the practice and patients and has raised funds totalling \u00a3170,000 to provide equipment to improve the service provided by the Surgery. FoCS was awarded in an NHS Beacon award of patient participation groups in 2020 in recognition of its major contribution to Doctor \/ patient relationship.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53a5972 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53a5972\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2015 the UK government introduced GP practice Patient Participation Goups and (PPG) to enhance<br \/>communication between patients and practices; FoCS was already fulfilling this role and join the national<br \/>associations of PPG\u2019S<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b8d830f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b8d830f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title 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