1

Apologies for Absence            

2

Minutes of the last meeting of 28 November 2003 (attached)

3

Matters Arising from the Minutes

3.1 Consultant Contract Update & Clinical Excellence Awards      

      (attached)

Jan Bloomfield

Director of Personnel & Communications

4

Chief Executive’s Report

John Parkes

Chief Executive

5

Foundation Trust Application

John Parkes

6

Sudbury Progress Report

John Parkes

7

PATIENT

7.1 GP Out of Hours (Presentation)

7.2 Delayed Transfers of Care Update

Mark Crawley, Director of Modernisation

Nigel Stewart, Service Modernisation Manager, Emergency Care

Nichole Day

Director of Nursing & Community Relations

8

PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE

8.1 Performance Report (attached)

8.2 Performance Improvement Plan (attached)

8.3 Finance (attached)

8.4 Local Delivery Plan Progress Report

Jessica Watts

Director of Strategy

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Linda Potter

Director of Finance

Jessica Watts/Linda Potter

9

STAFF

9.1 Ward Staffing Paper (attached)

9.2 Appointments & Developments (attached)

9.3 Education & Training Strategy (attached)

Lynne Wigens

Assistant Director of Nursing

Jan Bloomfield

Director of Personnel & Communications

Roy Bannon

Medical Director

10

GOVERNANCE

10.1 Report of the Clinical Governance Committee (attached)

10.2 Report of the Joint Modernisation Steering Group (attached)

Judith Lancaster

Non Executive Director

Veronica Worrall

Chairman

11

Any other Business

12

Questions from the Public

13

Date and time of next meeting – Friday 30 January 2004