BOARD MEETING

 

26 March 2004

9.45am Coffee, 10.00 prompt start

 

Venue: Committee Room

 

AGENDA

 

 

1

Apologies for Absence            

 

 

2

Minutes of the last meeting of 27 February 2003 (attached)

 

 

3

Matters Arising from the Minutes

 

3.1 NICE Guidance Implementation (attached)

 

 

 

Jessica Watts

Director of Strategy

 

4

National Programme for IT (attached)

Diane Milan

Director of Information Technology

 

5

PATIENT

 

5.1 NHS Foundation Trust Application

 

5.2 Sudbury Progress Report

 

 

 

Jessica Watts

           

           

6

PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE

 

6.1 Performance Report (attached)

 

 

6.2 Finance and Delivery Plan (attached)

 

 

 

Jessica Watts

Director of Strategy

           

Linda Potter

Director of Finance

7

STAFF

 

7.1 Consultant Contract Update 

 

7.2 Staff Developments & Appointments (attached)

 

7.3 Employers’ Organisations’ (attached)

 

 

Jan Bloomfield

Director of Personnel & Communications

                                             

 

                                             

 

8

GOVERNANCE

 

8.1 Report of the Audit Committee (attached)

 

 

8.2 Report of the Clinical Governance Committee (attached)

 

 

8.3 Report of Organisational Risk Committee (attached)

 

 

 

 

 

Colin Hilder

Non Executive Director

 

Judith Lancaster

Non Executive Director

 

John Cullum

Non Executive Director

 

9

Any other Business

 

 

10

Questions from the Public

 

 

11

Date and time of next meeting – Friday 30 April 2004

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT AGENDA PAPERS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE MEETING

Under directions issued by the Secretary of State certain items will be dealt with by the Board in closed session.  Discussion of such matters in public may result in real harm to individuals, (patients or staff) or to the operation of the Trust.