COUNCIL of GOVERNORS Monday 13 July 2020 10.00Am Via Microsoft Teams
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COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS Monday 13 July 2020 10.00am via Microsoft Teams AGENDA ITEM ACTION PRESENTED BY TIME 01 Welcome and Introductions To Note Rupert Nichols, Chair 10.00am 02 Apologies for Absence To Note Rupert Nichols, Chair 03 Declarations of Interest in Agenda Items To Note All 04 Minutes of the Council of Governors To Approve Rupert Nichols, Chair 10.05am Meetings held 10 February 2020 and 12 May 2020 05 Matters Arising and Action Log To Note Rupert Nichols, Chair 06 Chair and Chief Executive’s Brief – COVID-19 To Note Rupert Nichols, Chair and Neil 10.10am Update Thwaite, Chief Executive 07 Governor Open Forum To Note All 10.30am Governors are invited to share feedback from any meetings/events they have been involved in recently in their local communities STRATEGY 08 Presentation - Park House Development To Note Andrew Maloney, Director of HR 10.35am / Deputy CEO 09 Draft Membership Engagement Strategy To Note Maureen Burke, Lead Governor 11.05am 2020 – 2023 and Steph Neville, Head of Corporate Affairs QUALITY AND GOVERNANCE 10 GMMH Quality Account 2019/20 To Note Gill Green, Director of Nursing 11.15am and Governance 11 Appointment of Lead Governor To Ratify Rupert Nichols, Chair 11.25am WORKING GROUP AND COMMITTEE REPORTS 12 Nominations Committee: 11.30am 12.01 - Re-appointment of Julie Jarman, To Approve Rupert Nichols, Chair Non-Executive Director 12.02 – Notes of the Nominations To Note Rupert Nichols, Chair Committee Meeting held 30 June 2020 13 Committee and Working Group Membership To Note Rupert Nichols, Chair 11.35am BOARD OF DIRECTORS 14 14.01 – Ratified Minutes of the Board of To Note Rupert Nichols, Chair 11.40am Directors Meeting Held in Public on 21 May 2020 14.02 – Chair’s Report on Part 2 Items To Note Rupert Nichols, Chair (Verbal) 14.03 – Governor Feedback on Board of To Note All Directors Meetings (Verbal) ANY OTHER BUSINESS 15 Any Other Business To Note All 11.45am DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING The next Council of Governors’ Meeting will take place on Monday 14 September 2020 at 10.00am. As it currently stands, this meeting will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams. Council of Governors TITLE OF REPORT: Minutes of the Council of Governors Meetings held 10 February 2020 and 12 May 2020 DATE OF MEETING: Monday 13 July 2020 AGENDA ITEM: 04 PRESENTED BY: Rupert Nichols, Chair AUTHOR(S): Kim Saville, Company Secretary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Council of Governors are asked to review and approve the minutes of the last formal Council of Governors meeting held on 10 February 2020 and the notes of the briefing session held on 12 May 2020. RECOMMENDATIONS: To approve 1 UNRATIFIED COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS MEETING, MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2020 AT 10.00AM, CONFERENCE ROOM 7, GROUND FLOOR, THE CURVE PRESENT: COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS: Rupert Nichols - Chair Anita Arrigonie - Staff Governor (Non-Clinical) Rob Beresford - Public Governor (Other England and Wales) Maureen Burke - Public Governor (Salford) Nayla Cookson - Public Governor (City of Manchester) Stuart Edmondson - Staff Governor (Nursing) Nasur Iqbal - Staff Governor (Psychological Therapies) Jane Lee - Staff Governor (Allied Health Professionals) Iris Nickson - Public Governor (Trafford) Lesley O’Neill - Staff Governor (Nursing) Nathan Prescott - Service User and Carer Governor Dan Stears - Service User and Carer Governor David Sutton - Public Governor (Salford) IN ATTENDANCE: Anthony Bell - Non-Executive Director Gill Green - Director of Nursing and Governance Ismail Hafeji - Director of Finance and IM&T Mary Lee - Associate Director of Development and Performance Andrew Maloney - Director of HR / Deputy CEO Tony Morrison - Assistant Director, Research and Innovation Steph Neville - Head of Corporate Affairs Caroline Pickwell - Marketing and Communications Manager Kim Saville - Company Secretary Alice Seabourne - Medical Director Neil Thwaite - Chief Executive 1 No. Item Action 01/20 Welcome and Introductions Noted Rupert Nichols, Chair welcomed all those in attendance to the meeting. 02/20 Apologies for Absence Noted Apologies for absence were received from the following Governors: • Angela Beadsworth – Public Governor (Other England and Wales) • Stewart Lucas – Appointed Governor (VCSE Sector) • Albert Phipps – Lead Governor / Public Governor (Bolton) • Margaret Rowe – Appointed Governor (University of Salford) • Margaret Willis – Service User and Carer Governor • Rick Wright – Staff Governor (Social Care) Apologies for absence were also received from: • Helen Dabbs – Non-Executive Director • Liz Calder – Director of Performance and Strategic Development • Stephen Dalton – Non-Executive Director • Andrea Harrison - Non-Executive Director • Julie Jarman – Non-Executive Director • Pauleen Lane, Non-Executive Director • Deborah Partington - Director of Operations 03/20 Declarations of Interest in Agenda Items Noted There were no declarations of interest in agenda items. 04/20 Minutes of the Council of Governors Meeting held 9 December 2019 Approved The minutes of the previous meeting of the Council of Governors held on 9 December 2019 were accepted as a true and correct record. 05/20 Matters Arising and Action Log Noted The Council of Governors noted the progress made against the agreed actions. 06/20 Chair’s Report to the Council of Governors (February 2020) Noted Rupert Nichols presented his Chair’s Report for February 2020. He highlighted the following key items of interest: • General Election and Queen’s Speech – The Queen’s Speech on 19 December 2020 introduced three bills directly related to health and social care (NHS Funding Bill, Health Safety Services Investigations Bill and Medicines and Medical Devices Bill). Rupert Nichols advised that the government has also signalled its intention to introduce draft legislation to implement the NHS Long Term Plan. 2 • People Changes – Sarah Price has been appointed as Interim Chief Officer of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership following Jon Rouse’s departure at the end of January 2020. • Council of Governors Elections – The deadline for receipt of completed nominations closed on 3 February 2020. 31 nominations have been received for the 14 seats up for election, with all but two of the seats (Public – Trafford and Staff – Social Care) contested. Voting in the elections will close on 12 March 2020. Rupert Nichols extended thanks on behalf of the Board of Directors for the contributions of those governors who have chosen not to stand again in the current elections: namely, Albert Phipps, Rob Beresford, Nasur Iqbal, Victoria Sullivan and Anita Arrigonie. • Director of Finance and IM&T – Ismail Hafeji is retiring from his role as Director of Finance and IM&T at the end of March 2020, having worked in NHS finance since 1983 and as an Executive Director at the Trust since 2011. Rupert Nichols thanked Ismail Hafeji for his skilled financial leadership and dedication to the Trust over the last nine years, highlighting in particular his contribution to the successful acquisition of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust. He advised that Suzanne Robinson, current Director of Finance and Deputy CEO at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, has been appointed as Ismail Hafeji’s successor following a thorough recruitment process involving the Trust’s service user and carer governors. • Appointment of GMMH’s First Rabbi – Rabbi Dr Chanan Tomlin MBE has been appointed as the Trust’s first rabbi. Working as part of the Trust’s Chaplaincy Team, Rabbi Dr Tomlin will support service users across the Trust with their religious and spiritual needs. • BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) Staff Network – All governors are welcome to attend BAME Staff Network meetings. Rupert Nichols highlighted the 2020 meeting dates. Neil Thwaite, Chief Executive briefed the Council of Governors on his participation in a panel event organised by Salford Mental Health Forum and chaired by Dan Stears, Service User and Carer Governor on 30 January 2020. Other panel members included Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater Manchester), Paul Dennett (Mayor of Salford), Barbara Keeley (MP for Worsley and Eccles South) and Markus Greenwood (CEO of Mind in Salford). The event provided opportunity for service users, carers and members of the public to ask a wide range of questions about mental health provision in Salford. In response to a question from Nathan Prescott, Service User and Carer Governor, Kim Saville advised that every effort is made to understand the different reasons why governors choose not to stand again. These range from 3 personal reasons to changes in other commitments. She provided assurance that any learning from governors’ experiences is taken into account when planning elections and governor activities. The Council of Governors noted the Chair’s Report for February 2020. 07/20 Presentation – Research and Innovation Noted Alice Seabourne, Medical Director and Tony Morrison, Assistant Director (Research and Innovation) provided an overview of mental health research nationally and at the Trust. Alice Seabourne identified research and innovation as the middle pillar of the Trust’s over-arching Trust Strategy 2019 – 2024, with a focus on achieving the best outcomes through translating research into clinical practice. In response to a question from Iris Nickson, Public Governor – Trafford, Alice Seabourne summarised the sources of funding for research and innovation. Tony Morrison confirmed that the majority of funding is issued by the National Institute for Health Research) and research councils. He noted the disproportionate