June 2025 board papers

Date and Time

Thursday 26 June 2025 at 10:00

Venue

Bernicia House, The Waterfront, Goldcrest Way, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NY

If you require further information or need the meeting papers in a different format, please email kathryn.cawthorn@neas.nhs.uk 

Preliminary items 

Verbal update 

Verbal update

Verbal update 

Strategy

Verbal update

This is a regular update from the CEO on key actions and developments. The report includes internal developments within NEAS, as well as policy and influencing activity in the local system and nationally. The purpose of the report is to inform Board members of what activities are being undertaken by the CEO, the Executive Team and Non-Executive members (NED).

Report of the Chief Executive

Performance

  • Quality
  • Clinical
  • People
  • Operation
  • Finance

To provide Trust Board with an overview of key performance metrics covering quality and safety, clinical, operational performance, people and finance.

Intergrated Quality and Performance Report briefing paper

Appendix 1 - Integrated Quality and Performance Report

 

Quality and safety

Verbal 

To note the contents of the Patient Experience Annual Report 2024/25.

Patient Experience Annual Report briefing paper

Appendix 1 - Patient Experience Annual Report

The purpose of this report is to present the 2024/25 quality account to Trust Board for final approval.

Quality Account briefing paper

Appendix 1 - Quality Account Timeline

Appendix 2 - 24-25 Annual Quality Account

Assurance reports from committees

Regulatory and governance

To consider and approve the paper and assessments on the Board Assurance Framework (BAF) 2025/26 as at end of Quarter 1 as recommended by the Audit and Risk Committee on 19 June 2025.

Board Assurance Framework 2025/26 – Quarter 1 Review briefing paper

Appendix 1 - Board Assurance Framework including summary dashboard

To implement a more structured approach to the Board’s colleague engagement activities. This is with the aim of both improving the visibility of the Board and its non-executive members across the geographical footprint of the Trust, and to more systematically capture and share the insights gathered through engagements with colleagues as a Board as part of the continuous improvement of our approach as a ‘well-led’ organisation.

Non-Executive Directors - Staff Engagement Plan briefing paper

Appendix 1 - Summary of Board colleague engagement activities Dec 23- May 25

Appendix 2 - NED Colleague Engagement Plan 2025-26

Appendix 3 - Board Engagement Report Template_2025-26

Appendix 4 - Trust Site List

Concluding items

Verbal 

Verbal 

Verbal 

Thursday 18 September 2025

*Starred items will be taken without discussion unless a member notifies the Chair or Secretariat in advance that they wish the item to be open for debate.