Register now to join our Annual General Meeting 2024-25

We are pleased to invite you to attend our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 24 September from 5:00pm – 7:30pm.

During the event, we will be looking back at our progress and achievements in 2024-25, as well as highlighting our plans for the year ahead.

Doors will open from 4pm for our market stalls and ‘Meet the NEDs’ session for patients, staff and members of the local community to attend. The AGM will begin at 5pm.

As well as presentations from Board members, you will have the opportunity to hear from a number of guest speakers and take part in a Q&A session, where we can answer your questions.

This year, attendees are welcome to join us in person or online. You can also find our meeting agenda further below this page.

Joining in person

Our AGM will be held at:

Post Graduate Medical Centre (PGMC)
 First Floor, Woodcroft Wing, Yellow Zone
 Croydon University Hospital
 530 London Road
 Croydon
 CR7 7YE

You may wish to enter the hospital via the Woodcroft Road entrance, which is closest to the PGMC. A map of the site can be found on our website here.

Parking on site at Croydon University Hospital is limited and where possible, we would recommend travelling via public transport.

Joining online

You can find the Microsoft Teams meeting link further down below on this page. 

Register your place

Whether you're joining us in person or online, you will still need to register below. A link will be sent to you before the event.

Please register here to join us for our 2024-25 AGM

If you have any questions , please email chs.comms@nhs.net.

2024-25 AGM agenda

2024-25 AGM agenda

Venue: Post Graduate Medical Centre (PGMC), Croydon University Hospital

Time: 4pm to 7pm

 

Time

 

Agenda

Speaker

4pm

Market stalls and ‘Meet the NEDs’ session

 

Stalls offering information and advice from Trust services and partner organisations.

 

Some of our Non-Executive Directors will be present to meet with staff, patients and the public and answer questions before the AGM begins.

 

N/A

5pm

Welcome

 

  • Introduction and welcome
  • Minutes of the last meeting
  • Explanation and indicative acceptance of annual reports and accounts
  • Personal reflections on past year

 

Yemisi Gibbons

Chair

5.10pm

What we’ve achieved in 24-25

 

  • Key highlights throughout the year and areas of progress, as well as challenge and key stories from our services

 

Matthew Kershaw

CEO and Place-Based Leader for Health

5.20pm

Improving health and reducing inequalities

 

  • How we’re improving access to care at all stages of life
  • Engaging local people in health prevention and promotion
  • Our plans for integrated neighbourhood teams

 

Guest speaker:

  • Ima Miah, ARCC Ltd, Croydon’s Expert Patient Programme

 

Hilary Williams

Managing Director Community Services and Integration

 

5.35pm

High quality care

 

  • Performance report; our performance against national standards
  • Our transformation programmes
  • Improving patient experience and safety

 

Guest speaker:

  • Jordan Farquahar, Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Acute Liaison and Frailty Assessment Service

 

 

Dr Subhro Banerjee

Chief Medical Officer

 

 

Maija Hansen

Deputy Chief Nurse

 

5.55pm

Supporting our staff

 

  • Learning from what our staff are telling us
  • Progress on our culture and leadership development programmes
  • Fostering talent across our NHS workforce
  • Our plans to reduce violence and aggression against our staff
  • Update from our staff network

 

Guest speaker:

  • Catherine Bailey, Women’s Network chair, and Head of Skills, Learning and Development

 

 

Radhika Nair

Associate Director of People - Performance and Planning

 

6.10pm

Sustainable finances

  • Our financial position
  • Our 25-26 financial savings plans
  • Medium term financial strategy
  • Digital and estates as key enablers to our success

 

Mike Sexton

Chief Financial Officer

6.25pm

Developing our leadership

 

  • How the 10 year plan will impact Croydon’s services
  • Working with our health and care partners
  • Progress on Croydon’s health and wellbeing strategy

 

Guest speaker:

  • Ruth Hutchinson, Director of Public Health for Croydon

Matthew Kershaw

CEO and Place-Based Leader for Health

6.40pm

Looking forward - What’s next for Croydon’s health and care system

 

  • Looking ahead to our plans and ambitions for 2025-26

 

Yemisi Gibbons

Chair

6.45pm

Q+A

All

6.55pm

Closing remarks

 

Yemisi Gibbons

Chair

7pm

Event closes

 

 

 

Join the 2024-25 AGM online

Please click the online link below to join the meeting:

Join the 2024-25 AGM now

Meeting ID: 332 307 123 742 6
Passcode: jt3bG98F

This will open a Microsoft Teams webpage. There will be three options listed on this page: ‘Get the Teams app’, ‘Watch on the web instead’, and ‘Already have the Teams app? Launch it now’ and this will launch the apo and join you into the meeting.

If you do not have the Microsoft Teams app, click ‘Continue on this browser’.

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