Annual General Meeting of the Board of Governors

1730

1.

REVIEW OF THE PAST YEAR AND PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Report and Summary Financial Statements 2008/09
To receive the Annual Report and review of the past year, presented by the Chairman.

2.

THE GOVERNORS’ YEAR
To receive a presentation from Mrs Judith Ewer, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors.

3.

THE YEAR AHEAD – PATIENT SAFETY AT THE HEART OF ALL WE DO
To receive a presentation from Dr Gareth Goodier, Chief Executive

4.

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
To receive questions from members of the public

1800

REFRESHMENT BREAK

PART 2: GOVERNORS’ MEETING
 GENERAL BUSINESS

18.10

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE  

2.*

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING
To receive the minutes of meeting held on Thursday 2 July 2009.

3.

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES (not covered elsewhere on the agenda)

FINANCE AND PERFORMANCE

4.*

FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE REPORTS
(A)  Financial report
To receive a report from Mr David Smith, Executive Director of Finance.
(B)  Performance report
To receive a report from Mrs Frances Cousins, Executive Director of Information Systems and Analysis.

Glossary of terms used by Finance

PATIENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND INVOLVEMENT

5.*

PATIENT EXPERIENCE REPORT
To receive a report from Mrs Brenda Hennessy, Director of Patient Experience and Public Involvement.

6.*

INFECTION CONTROL
To receive an update from Dr Jag Ahluwalia, Executive Medical Director.

REGULAR ITEMS

7.*

CHAIRMAN’S DIARY OF EVENTS
To receive a report from the Chairman.

GOVERNANCE ISSUES

8.*

GOVERNOR/ DIRECTOR WORKING GROUPS
Reports from the meetings of Governor/Director Working Groups:
Chairmen of Working Groups to report:
(A)   Forward Planning held on 19 August
(B)   Governance and Assurance held on 3 September
(C)   Membership and PPI held on 24 August

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

9.*

BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MINUTES (REDACTED)
To note available minutes of Board of Directors’ meetings.

28 April 2009

26 May 2009

30 June 2009

28 July 2009

10.*

REPORT FROM THE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GOVERNORS’ ASSOCIATION
To receive a report from Mr Brian Gerbaldi.

11.

UPDATE OF REGISTER OF GOVERNORS’ INTERESTS
To note that the register has been updated; copies are available from the Secretary.

12.

FUTURE EVENTS
To receive a list of future events (to be tabled)

13.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Board of Governors’ meeting to be held on Thursday 3 December 2009 at 17.30 in the Hexagon, Frank Lee Centre

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14.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS