Members of the public are invited to find out more about The Dudley Group’s past year and future priorities by joining its first in-person Annual Members Meeting since 2019.
This year’s Annual Members Meeting (AMM) will be held on Thursday 17 October, at the Russells Hall Hospital’s Lecture Theatre in the Clinical Education Centre.
The AMM will be hosted by Trust chair Sir David Nicholson and chief executive Diane Wake and will showcase the Trust’s achievements over the past year. They will be joined by the lead governor and fellow governors that make up the Trust’s council and members of the Trust board, along with the Trust’s auditors.
As well as looking over the work of the Trust over the past year, the AMM will also shine a spotlight on the Trust’s ‘community first’ approach to delivering care to the population of Dudley. This includes taking a look at the work of the Dudley Clinical Hub and the teams providing care in the community, as well as an insight into the successful use of virtual wards, which support patients to receive care in their own homes and avoid unnecessary hospital visits.
Trust chair, Sir David Nicholson said: “I am delighted that we are able to host this year’s Annual Members Meeting in person and I look forward to welcoming attendees to Russells Hall Hospital.
“We are very eager to share the Trust’s achievements over the past year, including our positive Care Quality Commission ratings and our continued success with clinical teams receiving Gold Standards Framework accreditation. I am also pleased to share what we as a Trust will be focusing on in the upcoming future, and our initiatives to provide excellent care in the community to the people in Dudley. This includes highlighting the work of our innovative virtual wards and the multi-disciplinary teams that support patients to get the care they need safely at the place they call home, rather than needing to visit our acute hospital site.”
Electronic copies of the Trust’s Annual Report and Accounts and Quality Account are available on the Trust website ahead of the event.
Questions can also be emailed in advance to dgft.foundationmembers@nhs.net with “AMM Questions” in the subject header. Trust Board members will respond during the Q&A session. The deadline for submissions is Monday 14 October.
Those who are interested in attending can register their attendance to the Foundation Office via dgft.foundationmembers@nhs.net. Attendees can arrive from 4pm, with the event starting at 4.30pm and ending at 6pm.
