Healthwatch board meetings

Healthwatch Kirklees and Healthwatch Calderdale Trustee Board Meetings

The Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board meet once every 2 months to discuss what the organisation is doing now, where it is going, and how it will get there.

Board Meetings in 2023

October: 25 October 2023 17:15-19:15
November: 22 November 2023 15:00-17:00 (online)
December: 14 December 2023 13:00-16:00 (face to face)

Agendas will be available one week in advance of the meeting. The contact point for the Zoom link is: clare.costello@healthwatchcalderdale.co.uk

Actions from previous meetings
Non-confidential Board meeting actions/decisions Feb 2022 – Sept 2023

Date	Action	Status
Feb 2022	Complaint action plan agreed.  Respectful contact policy outlined and implementation of this agreed.  New complaints policy was approved.	Complete
Feb 2022	ICB agreement for Calderdale discussed and signed off.	Complete
	Q3 management accounts presented and discussed	Complete
May 2022	New representative required from one of Trustee Board member organisations.	Complete
	Declaration of interests logged.	Complete
	Complaints service improvement plan discussed and agreed.	Complete
	ICB voting rights – how to vote as HW to retain independence	Carried forward
	Draft ICB Kirklees Place agreement signed off by Trustees	Carried forward
	Budget 2022/3 signed off	Complete
	Q4 management accounts presented and discussed	Complete
August 2022	Approach to ICB voting rights agreed.	Complete
	Decision re Healthwatch support for change of status of Mid Yorkshire to a Teaching Hospital. Support declined.	Complete
	Q1 management accounts presented and discussed.	Complete
November 2022	Change to contract value included in annual report.	Complete
	Articles of Association to be amended. To be approved by Charity Commission.	Complete
	AGM – elections of Trustees and honorary members. Annual accounts accepted. Annual report signed off.	Complete
	Q2 management accounts presented and discussed	Complete
February 2023	Work showcase so no strategy section/decisions	n/a
	Chairperson recruitment update – new Chairperson appointed	Complete
	Q3 management accounts presented and discussed.	Complete
June 2023	Chair remuneration agreed	Complete
	Budget 2023/4 presented	Complete
	5 year strategy and one year operational plan presented	Complete
	Finance committee/HR committee to be formed.	In progress
	Review of staff roles, responsibilities and remuneration.	In progress
	Review of governing documents & Articles of Association.	In progress
	Contracts in both Kirklees and Calderdale discussed. Actions ongoing.	In progress
	Board recruitment discussed. Action ongoing.	In progress
	Q4 management accounts presented and discussed.	Complete
September 2023	Recruitment of new Treasurer agreed.	In progress
	Sign off of Healthwatch Kirklees contract. Meeting with commissioner planned.	In progress
	4 policies reviews and agreed: Lone working policy IT policy Data protection policy Confidentiality policy	Complete

Below is a list of agendas and minutes for previous meetings

Unfortunately this has not yet been transferred to the website – if you would like to read these minutes please contact us on 01924 450379 or info@healthwatchkirklees.co.uk

Wednesday 19th August 2015 – 10am-12noon – Huddersfield Mission – Trustee Board and AGM

Tom Brailsford, Joint Commissioning Manager for Kirklees Council, NHS North Kirklees CCG and Greater Huddersfield CCG attended the meeting to deliver a presentation about the current difficulties with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services across Kirklees and what is being put in place to resolve these.

Please find the agenda for this meeting below:

Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board and AGM Agenda – 19th August 2015