Public Meetings & Minutes
If you would like to attend a Council of Governors meeting in public or have any queries about them, please contact bernadette.coates@nhs.net for more information.
Royal Devon Annual Members’ Meeting 2024
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding our Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM) on Tuesday 1 October, 14.00 – 16.00.
The meeting will be held in the Lecture Theatre, Peninsula Medical School, RILD Building
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW. There will also be the option to join the meeting virtually via MS Teams.
Learn about some of the exciting things we are doing to improve patient care, and hear our Board of Directors talk about our performance over the past year and present our Annual Report and Accounts 2023/24. You will also hear from our lead governor about the work of the Council of Governors. There will be an opportunity for you to share your feedback and ask questions. It is a members' event, but interested public are welcome to join as a member of the Trust when booking.
The agenda can be downloaded here. The draft minutes from the 2023 meeting will be approved at the meeting. In addition, the Council of Governors have submitted a formal motion for the meeting to approve revised Members Meetings Rules of Procedure.
For more information on how to submit a formal Motion to the Annual Members Meeting, or an amendment to the Rules of Procedure, please see the current version of the Members Meetings Rules of Procedure. The deadline for submission of a formal Motion is 17.00 on Tuesday 10 September. It must be signed by five members of the Trust.
To register your interest in attending and for more information on events taking place prior to the formal AMM, please see click here http://bit.ly/RDAMM2024 or contact our Engagement Team: email rduh.royaldevonmembers@nhs.net or call 01392 403977.
If you are unable to participate in this year’s AMM you can still submit a question to the Corporate Affairs Team by 17.00 on Monday 23 September 2024. We will reply to you with the response to your question following the meeting. The Trust’s Annual Report and Accounts will be formally presented at the meeting and have been published on our website here.
- Either: Email your question to royaldevonmembers@nhs.net
- Or Send your question to Dame Shan Morgan, Chair c/o Corporate Team, Room 423, Noy Scott House, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, RD&E Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW
You can become a member of the Trust by completing our online membership form or by contacting the Membership Office on 01392 403977 or rduh.royaldevonmembers@nhs.net
Council of Governors
The Council of Governors meets formally on a quarterly basis.
At each meeting, they receive an update from the Chief Executive, a report on the Trust's performance over the previous quarter and conduct their routine business.
The agendas and minutes of meetings can be found below. Please note that minutes are not published until they have been approved.
Council of Governors meetings 2024:
Wednesday 6 March, Rooms 14a and 14b
Business Hub, Petroc Tiverton, Bolham Road, Tiverton, EX16 6SH
Wednesday 5 June, Seminar Rooms 1 and 2
Centre for Women’s Health, RD&E, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW
11.15-15.50 (including a lunch break) - Agenda and Minutes
Wednesday 21 August, Petroc College North Devon Campus, Old Sticklepath Hill, Barnstaple EX31 2BQ
11.15-15.50 (including a lunch break) - Agenda
Thursday 28 November, venue to be confirmed
All meetings will start at 11.15, with the finish time to be confirmed as agendas are finalised.
Council of Governors meetings 2023:
Wednesday 8 March 2023: Agenda and
This meeting was postponed until June 2023 due to adverse weather, so no minutes are available. The agenda and minutes for the rescheduled meeting are below.
Thursday 8 June 2023: Agenda and Minutes
Wednesday 23 August 2023: Agenda and Minutes
Wednesday 22 November 2023: Agenda and Minutes
Agendas and Minutes
As we continue our integration, some of our documents will refer to our former organisations:
- The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E)
- The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (NDHT)
Board meetings
Our Board has 10 meetings in a calendar year (although it can also meet in August and December if required), with each meeting having a public and confidential session.
Annual Members’ Meeting 2023
On Wednesday 27 September we held a Members’ Event and our formal Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM).
It was fantastic to see lots of members and governors, whether in the room or on the screen, and show you some of the exciting work our staff have been doing. You had some great questions for us and it was a valuable opportunity for us to hear your views.
If you weren’t able to attend and would like to catch up, you can use the links below.
In our first session, we heard about some examples of how the Royal Devon is recovering waiting lists. Chris Crow, Divisional Director for the NHS Nightingale Hospital, talked about the new ways of working at the South West Ambulatory Orthopaedic Centre, which are being held up as a national exemplar for hip and knee replacements. Dr Elizabeth Wilkinson, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Director for Transformation, talked about the new approaches being used at the Centre of Excellence for Eyes at the Nightingale, which have helped us to reduce our backlog from around 10,000 patients to 1,500 patients.
Watch the talk from Chris and Liz
We then had focus group conversations about the Royal Devon’s work to recover waiting lists. Understanding your views is really important as it helps us make the best decisions for our local communities, and we had some great feedback. We are working through this feedback and will share a summary and our response to this soon.
We then moved to our formal Annual Members’ Meeting. You can view the recording by clicking the link below.
Watch the Annual Members’ Meeting
Join us next time!
We are planning to hold more events for members in the future. If anyone you know would be interested in future events, please encourage them to sign up to be a member to receive invitations direct to their email address, as well as other member benefits.