Governing body meetings
Governing Body meeting questions
Please submit questions about agenda items in advance. In order to reply as fully as possible, we ask they are received by midday on Thursday of the preceding week. Questions can be submitted on Facebook, Twitter or emailed to our corporate governance team.
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Governing Body meeting dates
- 7 December 2021
- 1 February 2022
Governing Body meeting papers
The agenda and papers for the meeting, which contain any declarations of interest, are usually published on the Thursday beforehand.
Meeting papers
October 2021
- October 2021 agenda
- Declaration of interest register October 2021. Paper GB2122074
- Governing Body part 1 August minutes and action grid. Paper GB2122075
- Chairs update October 2021. Paper GB2122076
- Directors update October 2021. Paper GB2122077
- Launceston minor injury unit petition. Paper GB2122078
- Patient safety incident response plan. Paper GB2122081
- Finance and performance chairs report October 2021. Paper GB2122082
- Joint quality finance and performance committee chairs report October 2021. Paper GB2122082a
- Audit committee chairs update October 2021. Paper GB2122083a
- Primary care commissioning committee chairs report October 2021. Paper GB2122083b
- People organisational governance chairs report October 2021. Paper GB2122083c
August 2021
- August 2021 annual general meeting agenda
- Governing Body AGM minutes September 2020
- August 2021 agenda
- Declarations of interest and gifts and hospitality August 2021. Paper GB2122043
- Chairs update August 2021. Paper GB2122045
- Directors update August 2021. Paper GB2122046
- Quality report August 2021. Paper GB2122048
- Finance and performance chairs report August 2021. Paper GB2122049a
- Audit committee chairs update August 2021. Paper GB2122050
- Primary care commissioning committee chairs report August 2021. Paper GB2122050b
- People organisational governance chairs report August 2021. Paper GB2122050c
- Governing Body assurance framework August 2021. Paper GB2122051
June 2021
- June 2021 agenda
- Declarations of interest June 2021. Paper GB2122029
- April 2021 minutes. Paper GB2122030
- Chairs update June 2021. Paper GB2122031
- Directors update June 2021. Paper GB2122032
- Quality safeguarding and quality committee chairs report June 2021. Paper GB2122033
- Finance and performance chairs update June 2021. Paper GB2122034
- Audit committee chairs update June 2021. Paper GB2122035a
- Primary care commissioning committee update June 2021. Paper GB2122035b
- People and organisational governance chairs report June 2021. Paper GB2122035c
April 2021
- Declarations of interest April 2021. Paper GB2122001
- February part 1 minutes and action grid. Paper GB2122002
- Chairs update April 2021. Paper GB2122003
- Directors update April 2021. Paper GB2122004
- Finance and performance chairs update April 2021. Paper GB2122005
- Finance update month 11. Paper GB2122006
- Citizens advisory panel update. Paper GB2122007
- Audit committee chairs report April 2021. Paper GB2122008a
- Primary care commissioning committee chairs update April 2021. Paper GB2122008b
- People and organisational governance chairs report April 2021. Paper GB2122008c
February 2021
- February 2021 agenda
- Declarations of interest plus gifts and hospitality register February 2021. Paper GB2021/083
- Minutes and action grid of extraordinary meeting 17 November 2020 and Governing Body meeting on 1 December 2020. Paper GB2021/084
- Chairs update February 2021. Paper GB2021/085
- Director’s update February 2021. Paper GB2021/086
- Quality report and quality committee chairs report February 2021, update from 26 January and minutes from 24 November 2020. Paper GB2021/087
- Finance and performance committee chairs report February 2021, update 26 January and minutes from 24 November 2020. Paper GB2021/088
- Finance and performance report month 9. Paper GB2021/089
- Governing Body assurance framework February 2021. Paper GB2021/090
- Committee (audit, primary care commissioning and workforce) updates. Paper GB2021/091
- List of acronyms. Paper GB2021000
December 2020
- December 2020 agenda
- Declarations of interest plus gifts and hospitality register December 2020. Paper GB2021/065
- Children’s safeguarding board annual report. Paper GB2021/066
- Minutes and action grid of September 2020 annual general meeting and October 2020 Governing Body meeting. Paper GB2021/067
- Chairs update December 2020. Paper GB2021/068
- Director’s update December 2020. Paper GB2021/069
- Safeguarding adults board annual report. Paper GB2021/070
- Community hospital engagement report. Paper GB2021/071
- Governing Body assurance framework December 2020. Paper GB2021/072
- Quality report December 2020. Paper GB2021/074
- Finance and performance committee chairs report. Paper GB2021/075
- Finance and performance report month 7. Paper GB2021/076
- Committee updates. Paper GB2021/077
Information
Declarations of interest
All Governing Body members are asked to declare their interests at the start of each monthly meeting. The declaration of members’ interests are published as part of the papers and minutes. This is in-line with national guidance and our promise to be an open and transparent organisation.
Read our declaration of interest policy (PDF, 797 KB).
Conflicts of interest
Reports relating to breaches notified to NHS England can be found below.
June 2018
A revised conflict of interest statutory guidance for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) was issued in June 2017. It states “there will be situations when interests will not be identified, declared or managed appropriately and effectively. This may happen innocently, accidentally, or because of the deliberate actions of staff or organisations. For the purposes of this guidance these situations are referred to as breaches.”
In accordance with this wider definition of a breach, NHS Kernow has reported to NHS England the actual conflict of interest arising from our interim chief operating officer’s. The interim chief operating officer’s spouse being employed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in a senior position. The executive team and audit committee have agreed appropriate mitigations that are now in place, which significantly reduce the risk of an actual breach occurring. We will be open and transparent about this matter and continue to monitor the situation.
