Meeting - 17 November 2016

Meeting of the County Durham & Darlington 

Cancer Patients & Carers Group 

Thursday 17^th November 2016, 6.30 – 8.30pm

Durham Fire Station, Lanchester Road, Durham DH1 5RA

Agenda

Welcome & Introductions

Apologies 

Speakers - Belinda Tweed (Macmillan Family Support Worker at Family Action –County Durham Young Carers) who will be accompanied by a young person

Beckie Warden (Commissioning Manager, Service Planning & Reform at NECS (North of England Commissioning Support) – how she supports the Clinical Commissioning Groups

Minutes of last meeting (28^th July 2016) 

Matters Arising

Financial Update (JS)

CDDFT Update (CW)

SEPSIS event (KW)

‘Join the Dots’ update – Co-production event at Spennymoor (KW)

Macmillan Training Course re Funding (KW)

Reports (if insufficient time will include a written report in minutes)

• Darlington and Bishop Auckland Lung Cancer Support Group (GLJ)
• Spire Breast Cancer Support Group (JB)
• Cancer Locality Management Group meeting (SW);

Any Other Business 

Meeting - 28 July 2016

Meeting of the County Durham & Darlington 

Cancer Patients & Carers Group 

Thursday 28^th July 2016, 6.30 – 8.30pm

Durham Fire Station, Lanchester Road, Durham DH1 5RA

Agenda

Welcome & Introductions

Apologies 

Speaker - Simone Rudolphi (an enthusiastic user of the Maggie’s Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle). Simone is also a member of the 1 year old group PERSPECTIVES in Cancer Research and Treatment, which gives lay input into Clinical Trials research issues mainly at the Bobby Robson Clinical Trials Unit.

Minutes of last meeting (28^th April 2016) 

Matters Arising

Financial Update (JS)

CDDFT Update (CW)

‘Join the Dots’ (CS)

Cancer Alliance (CS)

Reports (if insufficient time will include a written report in minutes)

• Durham & District Women’s Cancer Support Group (SA)
• Darlington and Bishop Auckland Lung Cancer Support Group (GLJ)
• Spire Breast Cancer Support Group (JB)
• Cancer Locality Management Group meeting (CS);
• Network Service User Partnership Group meeting (CS);
• Network Site Specific Group/Network Cross Cutting Group meetings

Any Other Business 

Meeting - 28 April 2016

Meeting of the County Durham & Darlington 

Cancer Patients & Carers Group 

Thursday 28^th April 2016, 6.30 – 8.30pm

at Darlington Community Fire Station, St. Cuthbert’s Way, Darlington DL1 5LN

(Car park at the rear of building - off Park Place)

Agenda

Welcome & Introductions

Apologies 

Speaker Yvonne Anderson (Macmillan Lead Primary Care Nurse - Durham Dales, Easington & Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group)

Minutes of last meeting (22^nd October 2015) 

Financial Update (JS)

CDDFT Update (CW)

Role Descriptor (CS)

Cancer Data Masterclass (SW)

‘Cancer – Joining the Dots’ (CS)

Meeting with Barbara Convery (CS)

Reports (if insufficient time will include a written report in minutes)

• Durham & District Women’s Cancer Support Group (SA)
• Darlington and Bishop Auckland Lung Cancer Support Group (GLJ)
• Cancer Locality Management Group meeting (CS)
• Network Service User Partnership Group meeting (CS)
• Network Site Specific Group/Network Cross Cutting Group meetings

Any Other Business 

Meeting - 28 January 2016

Meeting of the County Durham & Darlington 

Cancer Patients & Carers Group 

Thursday 28^th January 2016, 6.30 – 8.30pm

at All Saints Catholic Parish Centre, Kitswell Road, Lanchester, Co. Durham DH7 0LJ

(car park at the rear of the centre)

Agenda

Agenda for the AGM (6.30 – 7.00pm)

Welcome & Introductions

Apologies 

Minutes of last AGM (26th February 2015) 

Annual Report

Financial Report & Accounts 

Election of Officers (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer)

Appointment of Representatives for the:
Network Service User Partnership Group (max. 3 reps, 4 meetings a year)
Cancer Locality Management Group for CD&D (max. 3 reps, 6 meetings a year)

 Revised Terms of Reference

Any Other Business 

Visiting Speaker

7pm Lesley Green (Senior Cancer Awareness Nurse for Cancer Research UK)

Business Agenda - items to discuss

Work Plan/Role Descriptor

Publicity
‘Cancer – Joining the Dots’ event
Reports (if insufficient time will include a written report in minutes)

• CDDFT (CW)
• Durham & District Women’s Cancer Support Group (SA)
• Darlington and Bishop Auckland Lung Cancer Support Group (GJ)

Written reports to be included in minutes from:

• Cancer Locality Management Group meeting;
• Network Service User Partnership Group meeting;
• Network Site Specific Group/Network Cross Cutting Group meetings

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