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Report from the Chair

AGM 22nd April 2010

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2009/10 has been another very busy year for the PPDNF and the continuing challenges of the global economic situation alongside members increasing work commitments have meant that meeting continue to be difficult to attend. However, the PPDNF has continued to rise to this challenge and are considering other avenue and methods to maintain active communication links within the forum. The website continues to be a very successful virtual network for support and local networking.

Pondering over the last twelve months as chair, I am aware, and would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of the significant developments that have taken place.

The organisation has grown from strength to strength and has seen many changes within the PPDNF committee structure;

The introduction of a President role. Fiona Cook who stepped down from being the chair was nominated and voted into the role of President. Within this role she has continued to show tremendous support, leadership and direction to the committee and to the wider PPDNF and Practice Development arena.
New Chair. Following on from two years as the Treasurer, I was successfully voted into the role of chair, which has been a huge learning opportunity for me.
New Vice Chair. Armorel Allen moved on from being a committee member to take up the challenge of Vice Chair and to oversee the work of organising the next conference – which she will update us on during her report.
New Treasurer. Diane Allcock has taken on the role of Treasurer and managing the finances of the organisation
New Website Secretary. Jane Camp joined the committee to take on the challenge of managing the PPDNF website
New Committee Member. Marie Carey joined the committee as a Committee Member to assist in developing the work of the organisation
Continuing Support. Jane Christie, Secretary and Judy Taylor, Committee Member will continue for another year in their current roles.

Work to strengthen and build the alliance with NHS Quality Improvement Scotland has seen further communications between the two organisations continue and a preliminary meeting to discuss options and opportunities. These meetings will continue in the future and the committee will continue. Future consultations with the members will be paramount to enable these discussions to represent the views and opinions of the members of the PPDNF.

A survey of the membership was carried out in 2009 which had a fairly poorly response, but it highlighted some significant opinions. From the responses it was apparent that the majority of respondents wished that the PPDNF as an organisation to remain independent but to continue to strengthen alliances and partnership working with other organisations. Jane Camp has further information regarding this survey if members wish to access this.

This year the PPDNF committee has agreed, as the bank balance is healthy, to support a few development opportunities. Sponsorship will be given for either the Enhancing Practice Conference or the Practice Development School. Closing date for applications will be the 30th April 2010; successful candidates will be notified thereafter. Feedback or a presentation to the PPDNF will be a required outcome of the funding.

Action Learning sets have seen some glitches over the last year, with some having to stop completely this again has been due to work commitments and the financial situations of the employing organisations who have been unable to release practitioners. One Skype group and the West group have been victims of this. The committee is currently exploring and discussing other opportunities.

Subgroup work of the PPDNF continues with challenges of the members of the groups committing time to these projects as well as their substantive posts. A number of the PPDNF documents have been updated this and reflect changes in policy, technology etc A good deal of work has been undertaken researching the virtual infrastructure in each NHS organisation which could support virtual meetings, but so far we have not taken the step of organising these

In June some of the committee members are planning to test out and trial a video conferencing meeting before we roll out the availability to the membership. This will hopefully enable members to participate in meetings without having to travel across the country. It is hope that this will increase attendance at meetings and reduce unnecessary travelling. We will keep you up to date with development as they progress.

The website continues to provide an amazing opportunity to network and share with others around the world. It’s amazing to hear how many have accessed the site from countries all over the world and there are plans to make more use of the website in the future. Anecdotal evidence from members and others who post questions and ask for help is always encouraging.

Looking into the future, there is a need to continue to strengthen our alliance with QIS PDU and plans are in place to have further meetings to explore this

In summary, another excellent year of networking and support has taken place with huge commitment being displayed by the committee and members. I would like to convey many thanks to all members of the committee and the PPDNF members for their enthusiasm, support and commitment.

Mark. T. Lees
PPDNF Chair

Other Reports

The following reports can be downloaded in PDF format:

Vice Chair's report, 2009/10

Secretary's report, 2009/10

Treasurer's report, 2009/10

Web site secretary's report, 2009/10

Chair's report 2009/10 (as above, but in printable format)

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