Category Archives: Hospice Management

CQC – 5 green ticks!

Having had a top assessment in February with the CQC we weren’t expecting another unannounced visit, however we are very proud of the quality of the care we provide and achieving another high assessment was very pleasing.

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Blog Update

Firstly apologies for the lack of a BLOG over the last few weeks.  Unfortunately while driving to Newcastle to see my mum I had a nasty car accident on the A1 which wrote off my car and another in the … Continue reading

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Training afternoon with Saffron Steer

We had a great afternoon with Michael and Jonathon from Saffron Steer who gave us a free afternoons support on looking at collaboration and the new tool kit which is available on Help the Hospice website.  I had won the … Continue reading

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Board Facilitation Day

The Trust Board spend a day facilitated by Ray Emptage and Sandra Verkuyten OBE who give their time free of Charge to help us look at the challenges facing Hospice and how Saint Francis Hospice can deliver more high quality … Continue reading

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Board Meeting

Our February Board meeting focused on next year budgets and business plans. Important issues to make sure we can continue to provide our vital services.

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CEO and Chairmans meeting at St Nicholas Hospice

A number of hospice CEOS and Chairman got together at St Nicholas hospice Bury St Edmonds to discuss the challenges facing hospices. There was an interesting and thought provoking presentation and discussion from Heather Mullin a CEO in the NHS … Continue reading

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AGM

Our annual general meeting was held on 11.9.12 and we were pleased to be joined by some of our members and Trustees. Thank you to everyone for their continued hard work and support.

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Clinical and Corporate Governance Committees

This week we also had the first of our new Trustee led Clinical and Corporate Governance Committees. They went very well and well done to Trustees and Directors who have put so much hard work into the new arrangements.

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National Training Awards

On Friday I joined Caroline and her team in the Education Centre to meet 2 of the judges from National Training Awards. We had got though the next phase of the awards for our training in communication. Fingers crossed we … Continue reading

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New Board and Trustees

On the 10th July we had our first new Board meeting following the recent reviews.  We were delighted to welcome David Burland from Help the Hospice to discuss future strategies for hospice in the changing environment we find ourselves in.  … Continue reading

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