COUNCIL of GOVERNORS Thursday 5 September 2019, 09:30 – 12:30 Marsh Jackson Lecture Room, the Academy, Level 4, YDH AGENDA Action Presenter Time Enclosure
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COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS Thursday 5 September 2019, 09:30 – 12:30 Marsh Jackson Lecture Room, The Academy, Level 4, YDH AGENDA Action Presenter Time Enclosure 1 Welcome and Apologies for Absence To Note Paul von der Heyde 09:30 Verbal 2 Declarations of Interest Relating to Items on the To Note Paul von der Heyde Verbal Agenda 3 Minutes from 6 June 2019 and to Discuss any To Approve Paul von der Heyde 09:35 Appendix 1 Actions/Matters Arising 4 Executive Report To Receive Jonathan Higman 09:40 Appendix 2 5 Annual Report, Quality Report 2018/19 and the To Receive Ben Edgar-Attwell 09:55 Annex A External Audit Opinion Bernice Cooke Presentation 6 Governor Quality and Operational Performance To Receive Jonathan Higman 10:20 Appendix 3 Dashboard and an Update on Financial Shelagh Meldrum Performance 7 Patient Experience Report To Receive Shelagh Meldrum 10:45 Appendix 4 8 YDH Priorities and Strategy Update To Receive Jonathan Higman 10:55 Presentation Tea/Coffee Break – 11:20-11:30 9 Sepsis Care at Yeovil Hospital To Receive Leigh Beard 11:30 Presentation Emma Young 10 NED Update and Board Assurance Committee To Receive NEDs 11:50 Verbal updates*: Committee • Governance Committee Attendees • Audit Committee • Workforce Committee 11 Governor Committees and Working Groups**: • Membership and Communications To Receive Tony Robinson 12:00 Appendix 5 • Strategy and Performance Alison Whitman • Patient Experience Janette Cronie • Board Attendance Governor Attendees 12 Any Other Business and Close of Meeting To Note All 12:15 Verbal 13 Date and Time of Future Meetings: To Note All Verbal Thursday 5 September 2019, Marsh Jackson Lecture Room, The Academy, Level 4, YDH 14 Exclusion of the Public Paul von der Verbal To RESOLVE that representatives of the press and other Heyde members of the public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting due to the confidential nature of the business to be transacted, publicity on which would be prejudicial to the public interest. 15 Review of Meeting by Governors Alison Whitman Verbal An opportunity for governors to consider the matters presented in the meeting in the absence of the officers of the Trust, and to confirm that the governors have received sufficient information to enable them to discharge their statutory duties. COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS Minutes of the Council of Governors held on 06 June 2019, Marsh Jackson, Level 4, YDH Present: Paul von der Heyde Chairman Alison Whitman Public Governor Tony Robinson Public Governor Virginia Membrey Public Governor Alan Harrison Public Governor Janette Cronie Public Governor Mick Beales Public Governor Lou Evans Appointed Governor Faye Purbrick Appointed Governor Fiona Rooke Staff Governor Sekhar Thananki Partnership Governor Caroline Moore Non- Executive Director Maurice Dunster Non-Executive Director Jane Henderson Non-Executive Director In Attendance: Jonathan Higman Chief Executive Shelagh Meldrum Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Nurse Mike Barber Interim Director of Finance Ben Edgar-Attwell Company Secretary Melissa Mitchell Assistant Company Secretary Alison Van Laar Psychiatric Liaison Team, Somerset Partnership Jo Howarth Deputy Chief Nurse Amy Rose General Manager, A&E Tom Norton Chief Information Officer & Director of Transformation Apologies: Jennie Flory Public Governor Roger Wharton Public Governor Nigel Stone Public Governor Sue Bulley Public Governor Sue Brown Public Governor John Webster Public Governor David Recardo Appointed Governor Paul Porter Staff Governor Martyn Scrivens Non-Executive Director Graham Hughes Non-Executive Director Ref: No: Action 1- 1 WELCOME AND APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 1920 1.1 The Chairman welcomed those in attendance. Apologies were noted as above. Mike Barber was introduced and welcomed to the Council. 2- 2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST RELATING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 1920 2.1 Paul von der Heyde stated his declarations as follows: Trustee and Adviser Howlands Furniture Group, Office Furniture Manufacturer Sister-in-law is the sister of Dr Ali Parsa who is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Babylon Healthcare Services Director of The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers’ Charitable Funds incorporating the Furnishing Trades Benevolent Association Director and Shareholder of Herswell Consulting Chairman of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance & PAPAA Enterprises Ltd Director and Shareholder of Sweetfish Limited. 3- 3 MINUTES FROM MARCH AND MATTERS ARISING 1920 3.1 The minutes of the March meeting were approved as an accurate record subject to minor amendments. 4- 4 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE 1920 4.1 Paul von der Heyde informed the Council that following the recent Appointments Committee, electronic approval had been sought from the full Council of Governors for the reappointment of relevant Non-Executive Directors. 4.2 It was noted that Paul von der Heyde was successfully reappointed for a further year as Chairman and Maurice Dunster and Jane Henderson were both successful in being reappointed for another year in their NED roles. Caroline Moore was successfully reappointed for a further 3-year term. 5- 5 GOVERNOR ELECTIONS 1920 5.1 Paul von der Heyde advised the Council that following the recent Governor elections, two new Governors have been successful in election. Paul von der Heyde confirmed that Jennie Flory was successfully elected for South Somerset (South & West) and Roger Wharton was successfully elected for Greater Yeovil. It was noted that both new Governors will be attending the Governors’ Breakfast meeting in July 2019 where official introductions will take place. Paul von der Heyde welcomed back Fiona Rooke and Paul Porter who have been re-elected as staff Governors and Tony Robinson who had been re-elected for South Somerset. 5.2 Paul von der Heyde informed the Council that Peter Shorland had stood down as Appointed Governor for Dorset following the recent local elections. 6- 6 GOVERNOR FOCUS CONFERENCE 1920 6.1 Tony Robinson and Nigel Stone attended the Governor Focus conference in May 2019. Tony Robinson provided the Council with an update following the conference to include national policy updates, equality and diversity, closer working opportunities for the benefit of patients and the work of the Governor Advisory Committee. 6.2 Tony Robinson advised the Council that system working was highlighted at the conference. He informed the Council that all Sustainable and Transformation Plans (STPs) are to become Integrated Care Systems (ICS) by 2021. Tony Robinson added that all ICS’s will likely have a partnership board, a non- executive chair and be fully engaged with primary care. He added that all providers will be required to contribute to the ICS performance. 6.3 Tony Robinson advised that funding of the NHS was considered and discussed and the current financial position for providers was reviewed. Paul von der Heyde asked if there was discussion with Governors at the conference about future funding allocations. Tony Robinson advised that there was no open discussion, this was discussed via the presenters. 6.4 Tony Robinson advised the Council that it was noted at the conference that workforce is a problem across the country. Shelagh Meldrum said there are a 2 | P a g e number of nurses coming through the system as a result of the Trust’s overseas recruitment campaign. 6.5 Tony Robinson advised the Council that Healthwatch England was one of the main focusses at the conference. He went on to say that Healthwatch England’s role is to ensure the voice of the public is heard in the planning, design and delivery of health and care services. Ben Edgar-Attwell said that Healthwatch comment on the Trust’s Quality Account and Jonathan Higman added that they also work on a system level. Lou Evans advised that a representative from Healthwatch England observes Somerset Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) Board. 6.6 Tony Robinson spoke of the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) session at the conference. It was noted that 1.4 million people work in the NHS. 20% of staff are from BME backgrounds, 28% of GPs are from BME backgrounds and 40% of hospital doctors are also from BME backgrounds. Tony Robinson highlighted that less than 6% of senior managers are from a BME background. Paul von der Heyde said that Yvonne Coghill has been to board and presented to Board level. Shelagh Meldrum added the Trust benchmarks well in this area. 6.7 Tony Robinson advised the Council that it was a very good conference and feels the event should be attended by Governor representatives on an annual basis and Paul von der Heyde agreed, saying that it appeared to be a good conference and he feels it is something that should be attended every year. 7- 7 PSYCHIATRIC LIASON TEAM 1920 7.1 Alison van Laar attended the meeting from Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to give a presentation on the Psychiatric Liaison service. 7.2 Alison van Laar gave a review of the year which included the teams’ first annual report. She advised the Council that Liaison Psychiatry is a sub-speciality of psychiatry concerned with the assessment and management of mental disorders in the acute hospital setting. 7.3 Alison van Laar presented an activity graph to show referral rates to the service from the Emergency Department and wards. Paul von der Heyde asked how the Trust compares to other organisations in terms of referrals. Alison van Laar advised that referrals are average across all organisations. Tony Robinson asked whether figures from the Emergency Department include re-attending patients. Alison van Laar advised that these do appear in the figures. 7.4 Paul von der Heyde asked if any analysis has been completed regarding the age of patients. Alison van Laar said that no analysis has been done with age as yet however agreed this would be an interesting analysis to carry out. 7.5 Jonathan Higman advised that he spent a morning with Lucy Knight within the team, which he really enjoyed.