May 2025 Board Papers

Date and time

Thursday 15 May 2025

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 the final update from our current Chief Executive of key actions and developments. The report includes internal developments within NEAS, as well as policy and influencing activity in the local system and nationally.

Report of the Chief Executive

To assure the Board on the progress of the Trust’s 2024/25 Strategic Objectives following a review at the end of quarter 4.

The paper will highlight key updates and provide assurance on progress made (including benefits) delivered from the 2024/25 Strategic Objectives and identify any risks, the actions taken and provide recommendations for mitigation.

Strategic Objectives 2024/25 – end of year update

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.

Integrated Quality and Performance Report briefing paper

Appendix 1 - Integrated Quality and Performance Report

Quality & Safety

Presentation

This briefing is to inform the board of the activities undertaken by the Freedom to Speak Up Guardians over the last financial year (2024/25) and includes details surrounding ‘Speaking Up’ within NEAS, alongside the work undertaken to improve our speaking up culture and plans for 2025/26.

Freedom to Speak Up Annual Report

Clinical

This paper provides the Trust Board with an update on the progress made with the medicines management roadmap and any pertinent information related to medicines governance for assurance.

Medicines Management update

Assurance Reports from Committees

Regulatory and Governance

To present the Board of Directors with a refreshed risk appetite statement for 2025/26 for agreement.

Risk Appetite Statement 2025/26 briefing paper

Appendix 1 - Risk Appetite Statement 2025/26 

To give the Board an overview of the use of the corporate seal in the financial year 2024/25.

Register of Sealings

Concluding Items

The Board is asked to note the Schedule of Business for 2025/26.

Schedule of Business 2025/26

Verbal 

Verbal 

Verbal 

Thursday 26 June 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.