Nailsworth Health Partnership (NHP)

Minutes – Business meeting and AGM

Date: TuesdayMarch 22ndTime: 18:30

Venue: Prices Mill surgery, Nailsworth.

Attendees: Hazel Millar, Sam Pereira, Nick White, Aileen Bendall, Paul Young, Elfie Klinger, Marilyn Miles, Jo Hofman.

  1. Apologies for absence: Poh Eng San, Lesley Doran, Rosalind John, Hilary Hills, Leda Franklin, Nick White, John Miles, Betty Young, Paul Hofman.
  1. Minutes of previous AGM February2015: No feedback received.
  2. Matters arising not covered by the agenda: none.
  1. AGM
  2. Chair’s report: attached. We will send the Chair’s report to the Charity Commission with the accounts. Also we need to put it on the website. Marilyn Miles proposed acceptance of the Chair’s report.
  3. Treasurer’s report: attached.JoHofmanproposed acceptance of the accounts. Everyone in favour. Paul wishes to thank Marilyn for applying for the Lottery and council grants, as well as Prices Mill Surgery, Nailsworth Natural Health Centre and The White Practice for not charging NHP for its activities, and the generous donor of £100, Carl from Personal Best (for obtaining £25 sponsorship for the 2015 Nailsworth health fair).
  4. Approval to open a Co-op Community account: 4 signatories required. Paul Young, Marilyn Miles, Jo Hofman and Hazel Millar. Any 2 to sign cheques or 1 to sign for up to £100. Everyone in favour. Paul will arrange. Also the Gluten free group will keep a record of income and expenditure.
  5. Election of officers
  6. Chair: Hazel Millar, proposed by Aileen Bendall. Everyone in favour.
  7. Vice chair: Jo Hofman to continue, proposed by Elfie Klinger. Everyone in favour.
  8. Secretary: Sam Pereira, proposed by Aileen Bendall. Everyone in favour.
  9. Treasurer: Paul Young to continue, proposed by Marilyn Miles. Everyone in favour.
  1. Reports from sub groups by current chairs

a)Health fair (Hazel Millar and Jo Hofman): venues went really well this year. We could maybe consolidate it further. The good weather helped make Acorn School in particular a great success as a venue. Gluten free stall did very well. Natural Health centre also worked well. Perhaps more events throughout the year as well as the biennial health fair would be worth thinking about. Possibly too many classes which sometimes clashed with each other.

b)Patient Participation Group (Marilyn Miles): a small loyal group attend regularly. I have been in the post for just under a year. As well as being the chair of Prices Mill PPG I also attend a PPG cluster in the locality (Stroud or Berkeley Vale). The CCG also runs events, of which I’ve been to 2, about what is happening in the NHS locally and nationally. We have continued our good relationship between the practice and patients that Kate Kay had begun. We rely on the good offices of the Practice Manager (currently Suzie Colley). See the display in the foyer – “You said, we did.”

c)Website (Paul Hofman): all going well. Thanks to Paul H and Marilyn for their work on this.

d)Walking Festival (Marilyn Miles): to take place in May 2016.

e)Talks (Jo Hofman): to take place during the Walking Festival and possibly a diet-related talk at Prices Mill via PPG.

f)Defibrillator (Elfie Klinger): no feedback on whether it has been used but it has been deployed. Elfie will look into the process of obtaining feedback on this. Thank you to Elfie for doing the weekly maintenance.

g)Gluten free group (Jo):it is thriving. Feedback has been good. Successful events at Asparagasm in 2015. Website launched recently too, which will soon be linked to the NHP one.

  1. Any other business
  1. Charity Gift Aid Declaration form which will be put on the website for downloading. A work in progress.
  2. AileenBendall spoke about the Carers Support Group which meets on the 1st Wednesday afternoon of each month. Please contact Aileen for more information.

After completing the AGM agenda, we had a brief discussion around the idea of looking at how we are doing, especially in relation to how to attract a wider range of members: to be further discussed once the walking festival is over. We will have a meeting in September to have a talk and discussion group around this.

File agenda AGM jan 2013 v2.doc