Held in the Day Room, Cambusavie Unit on 18Th November 2011

LAWSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SITE IMPROVEMENT COMMUNITY MEETING

held in the Day Room, Cambusavie Unit, Lawson Memorial Hospital on 6th June 2012

PRESENT: Ross MacKenzie, District Manager (RM) - Chair Campbell Port, Golspie Community Council (CP) Gerry Lemkes, Friends of Cambusavie (GL) Carl Lemkes, Sutherland Access Panel (CL) Mary Nicol, Golspie Community Council (MN) Kathleen Cunningham, League of Friends (KC) Marie Close, Scottish Health Council (MC) Marion Sutherland, Acting Senior Charge Nurse, Cambusavie Unit (MS) Lorraine Coe, Clinical Nurse Manager (LC) Allison Mackay, Senior Charge Nurse, LMH GP Unit (AMac) Lee Bright, Brora Community Council (LB) Christian Goskirk, Quality Improvement Lead (CG)

IN ATTENDANCE: Liz Manson (LM) (notes)

APOLOGIES: Allan Tubb, CHP Committee Member/HealthVoices Rep Ivor Campbell, Estates Officer (IC) Sandy Allison, Lairg Community Council (SA) Deirdre Mackay, Highland Councillor (DM) Catherine Sutherland, Brora Community Council (CS) Ishbel Clarkson, League of Friends (IC) Dr Janet Mair, Clinical Lead for Community Hospitals in East Sutherland Maimie Thompson, Head of Public Relations and Engagement, NHS Highland (MT) Tom Davison, Communications Manager, NHS Highland ACTION 1. WELCOME & APOLOGIES RM welcomed all to the meeting.

2. NOTES OF THE LAST MEETING Notes of the meeting held on the 6th June 2012 were accepted as correct.

3. MATTERS ARISING (not on the agenda)  Lairg Community Council – RM asked LM to contact SA from lairg Community Council with the offer of a meeting with them or if they wished to visit the hospital RM would be happy to show them around and explain our plans, which LM did. However, to date, there has been no take up on this offer. CG noted that there had been some changes recently within the Community Council in Lairg. RM said we would continue to send correspondence on these meetings and it is hoped that a representative may be able to attend a future meeting.  Cambusavie Unit Refurbishment – work is almost completed, only snagging issues being looked into. The rest of the work will be picked up within the redesign work of the site.

4. UPDATE ON PROGRESS RM noted that for several months he has been trying to glean some information regarding the redesign from NHS Highland’s Estates Department and only recently had a meeting with Eric Green (EG), the Estates Manager for NHS Highland and IC. RM explained that he has been informed that due to recent audits around NHS Highland properties by Highlands & Islands Fire & Rescue Service, several major issues have now to be responded to, especially within Raigmore Hospital. Failure to apply the Service’s recommendations could result in closure of the main hospital in Highland. Therefore

8. AOB 

9. DATE & TIME OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting of this group will take place on 6th November 2012 at 5.30pm in the Day Room, Cambusavie Unit. Future Meeting Dates: 5th December

All meetings take place at 5.30pm.

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