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.
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Complete |
| 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:
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Complete |
Below is a list of agendas and minutes for previous meetings
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
Wednesday 17th June 2015 – 10am-1pm – Huddersfield Mission
Please find all relevant documents from the meeting below:
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Agenda – 17th June 2015
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Meeting Minutes – 17th June 2015
Wednesday 22nd April 2015 – 10am-1pm – Huddersfield Mission
Please find all relevant documents from the meeting below:
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Agenda – 22nd April 2015
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Meeting Minutes – 22nd April 2015
Wednesday 25th February 2015 – 10am-1pm – Huddersfield Mission
Margaret Watt and Phil Longworth from Kirklees Council attended the meeting to lead a presentation on The Care Act and its implications in Kirklees.
Please find all relevant documents from the meeting below:
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Agenda – 25th February 2015
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Meeting Minutes – 25th February 2015
Care Act Presentation – delivered by Phil Longworth and Margaret Watt
Wednesday 17th December 2014 – 10am-12noon – Huddersfield Mission
Please find all relevant documents from the meeting below:
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Agenda – 17th December 2014
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Meeting Minutes – 17th December 2014
Wednesday 17th September 2014 – 10am-12noon – Huddersfield Mission
Please find all relevant documents from the meeting below:
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Agenda – 17th September 2014
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Meeting Minutes – 17th September 2014
Wednesday 16th July 2014 – 10am-12noon – Empire House, Dewsbury
Please find all relevant documents from the meeting below:
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Agenda – 16th July 2014
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Meeting Minutes – 16th July 2014
Wednesday 21st May 2014 – 10am-12noon – Empire House, Dewsbury
Please find all relevant documents from the meeting below:
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Agenda – 21st May 2014
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Meeting Minutes – 21st May 2014
Wednesday 19th March 2014 – 10am-12noon – Huddersfield Town Hall
Item 1 on the agenda for this meeting was the proposed transformation of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. The public were invited to attend the meeting to ask questions about the proposed changes of Dr Steve Ollerton, Clinical Lead at Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group (GHCCG), Julie Lawreniuk, Chief Finance Officer at GHCCG, and Catherine Riley, Assistant Director of Service Development at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. Please find all relevant documents from the meeting below:
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Agenda – 19th March 2014
Healthwatch Kirklees Trustee Board Meeting Minutes – 19th March 2014
Strategic Review Presentation – delivered by Steve Ollerton and Julie Lawreniuk
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