Annual public and members meeting

This year's Annual Public and Members Meeting (APMM) 2024 took place virtually (via MS Teams) on Monday 23 September 2024.

Once again, the Annual General Meeting of the Council of Governors and Annual Public and Members’ Meeting – or Annual Showcase as it’s known – provided a fantastic opportunity to hear about NHFT's news and successes over the past year, and some of the exciting plans and priorities for the future.

This year, the theme was ‘Making a difference across the generations’ and celebrated the amazing work our teams do for patients and service users at all stages of their lives. 

There were updates from NHFT Chief Executive Angela Hillery and Trust Chair Crishni Waring, as well as guest speakers presenting on some of the Trust's successful projects and initiatives of the past year.

The event included a presentation from our Memory Assessment Service which has recently piloted a project to dramatically cut waiting times, plus an update on some of the positive work happening with our children and young people’s services, including more about the launch of the exciting iDiscover service to support young people’s wellbeing.

As well as this, we celebrated our diverse workforce, with updates on our successful work around equality, diversity and inclusion, and our ‘Together Against Racism’ initiative.

There was also an opportunity for people to submit questions which were answered at the event.

There was also an update from our external auditors. 

What is an external auditor?

An external auditor provides independent assurance to the Council of Governors by:

• giving an opinion on the Trust's annual accounts
• 'true and fair' view of assets and liabilities at 31 March and financial performance in the year
• confirming annual report prepared in line with requirements and consistent with the understanding of the Trust 
• commentary on the Trust's arrangements for the use of resources 

Auditors can also consider the use of their special reporting powers if there are any issues of significant concern:

• referral to NHS England
• reports in the Public Interest.

Annual Showcase agenda:

5.00pm — Attendees are invited to join from 5pm to enable a prompt start at 5.30pm
5.30pm — Introduction and welcome, Crishni Waring, Trust Chair
5.35pm — Minutes of the 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Council of Governors and Annual Public & Members’ meeting, Crishni Waring, Trust Chair
5.40pm — Our year 2023/24: Making a difference across generations
Angela Hillery, Chief Executive
5.55pm — Case study 1: Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS)
Marie James, Service Manager
6.05pm — A Pledge to Commitment: Embodying the essence of the statutory duties of the Council of Governors
6.20pm — Case study 2: Together Against Racism Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development/David Ledger Senior HR Business Partner
6.30pm — Our Annual Report & Accounts 2023/2024, Chief Finance Officer and Grant Thornton (External Auditors)
6.40pm — Case study 3: Memory Assessment Service, Dawn Rosen, Head of Service / Nancy Gatawa, Operations Manager
6.50pm — Questions and Answer session, Crishni Waring, Trust Chair
7.10pm — Closing remarks, Crishni Waring, Trust Chair
7.15pm — Close

You can watch back the full recording of this year's Annual Showcase, which took place on Monday 23 September 2024, below:

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