AGM marks look back at an excellent year for Medway

Date: 01 November 2017

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In September, around 100 staff, governors, volunteers, members and stakeholders came together at Canterbury Christ Church university’s Medway campus for the Annual General Meeting to mark an extremely successful year for the Trust.

The audience heard James Devine, Executive Director of HR, OD and Improvement, speak about the highlights of the year – including the Trust’s exit from special measures and improvements to patient safety – and the challenges for the future.

James said: “Medway has a very proud history, and we continue to be very grateful for the ongoing support we receive from our governors, our volunteers, our partner organisations, our Board and of course, our hardworking staff who come to work every day in order to provide the best of care to our patients. We can rightly say that Medway is better today than it was 12 months ago.

“Safety underpins everything that we do at Medway. Our teams have worked tirelessly to ensure that we put our values of the best of care, with the best of people into an everyday reality.

“We know that the hospital is safer, and we know that our commitment to improving the indicators of quality was something that we just had to do.

“We say proudly that our mortality rate is now within the average at below 100; we know that more patients go home earlier; and we know that we are a healthier organisation having gone smoke free almost exactly 12 months ago.”

Stephen Clark spoke of his pride at taking over as Chairman of the Trust and thanked the many people involved in the Trust’s successful 12 months, including the Board, staff, governors and League of Friends.

Director of Finance Tracey Cotterill gave an overview of the Trust’s current financial situation and the work we need to do to reduce our deficit.

Stella Dick, Lead Governor reported on the excellent work the governors of the Trust are doing to engage with our local communities.

The audience heard a powerful presentation on the work the Trust is undertaking with Medway Council to reduce the number of women smoking during pregnancy, and the evening rounded off with a wide-ranging question and answer session, where the Trust’s team responded to questions from the audience.

Thank you to everyone who attended the event and made it such a positive evening.

For further information on how to become a member, please contact Hannah Puttock via email at hannah.puttock@nhs.net 

  • Summary:

    In September, around 100 staff, governors, volunteers, members and stakeholders came together at Canterbury Christ Church university’s Medway campus for the Annual General Meeting to mark an extremely successful year for the Trust.