On Saturday night my husband and I attended the final Mayoral dinner for Joan Holmes the Mayor of Brentwood.
Joan Holmes Mayor of Brentwood
The Hospice has been one of the Mayors charities and it has been fantastic to have such support. It was a lovely evening.
On Friday I attended a session on the new Care Quality Commission ( CQC) annual inspection regime. It’s very important that such inspection take place so the public can be assured of the quality of our services.
On Thursday evening I attended our Fundraiser thank you evening for all our supporters who have given such fantastic time, money and commitment to events such as the quizzes, marathons, star trek walk, woofs and Welles, balls , rotaries and many other events for the hospice .
A real big thank you to everyone, we couldn’t do what we do without them.
Long service awards- I have just begun a new initiative of meeting staff who have achieved long service awards at the Hospice – 5, 19,15,20,25 and 30 years service.
Eleanor a Community Nurse Practitioner was the first, and I really enjoyed a cup of tea and catch up with Eleanor.
First year anniversary- I was delighted with gifts of bouquets of flowers and a Saint Francis paperweight as a thank you for my first year as CEO at Saint Francis. I can’t believe how quickly the first year has gone, and I have loved it.
On Tuesday we had our council of management meeting with the trustees and we agreed to the changes following review. The council of management will become the Board of Trustees from July 1st with new committees reporting to it – clinical governance, corporate governance, finance, audit and investment, and voluntary income with a trustee steering group.
On Friday I visited Havens Hospice in Westcliffe on Sea. Andy the CEO and his team were really helpful in showing me around and discussing many common issues.
Wednesday last week had me fully enjoying another choir rehearsal. We are so enjoying the choir thanks to everyone for continuing to support the choir and John Morris our musical director.
Over the last few weeks, I have been attending some of the Hospice multi disciplinary meetings so i can get a fuller understanding of the clinicians work. Thank you to the Day Hospice, In Patient Unit, and Community Services.
On 1st May I was delighted to show Ann Coe and her husband Paul around the Hospice. Ann is to be the next Mayor of Brentwood, and it was lovely to be able to show her in more depth the services the Hospice can offer.
