From: david-houliston-nhs@yahoogroups.ca
Sent: 02 July 2003 09:09
To: david-houliston-nhs@yahoogroups.ca
Subject: Meeting with EIs, FTOs and OAC Chairs


This is only a short report and more details will be given in Reps Direct.

The Meeting was held yesterday and well attended by over 60 people.

It started with those present listing what was perceived as the hot issues.

Main points raised were lack of profiles, finance, training, on call, staff involvement, RRP, partnership, job descriptions, time off and back fill.

These were amplified with examples given and a response given by the Best Practice Facilitators from the DOH.

This was followed by Reports from the EI sites on how A4C was proceeding and an overall Report from our A4C Organiser/Researcher.

Communications were discussed at length and the development of the new MSF web site to go live on the 4th August 2003 and how this will operate were explained.

It was agreed to discuss this at the forthcoming NHSNAC later this year.

Finally how the EI sites would report back to national, professional and geographical groups was raised.

Further Meetings of this Group will be held later this year as the EI develop.

As always I will keep you informed of developments.

David C Houliston
Amicus MSF Section NEC Member Southern Region


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