ASCN UK AGM MEETING Date: 28th September 2016 Time: 13.35-14.20 Venue: BIC, Bournemouth Item Topic number Welcome: Welcome to 4 th ASCN UK AGM made by. Apologies: No apologies received. Please inform or send to us. 1 Minutes from AGM 2015: On the web site. http://ascnuk.com/agm-minutes/ 2 Matters Arising from AGM minutes 2015: No objections made. 3 Annual Reports: Committee annual reports are available on the ASCN UK website http://ascnuk.com/honorary-officers/. Any questions please contact the committee. 4 Finance update: RD update on financial situation as finance report not complete/available but will be soon. Delay due to need to register for VAT as ASCN revenue increased, new accountants Diamond Financial helping. Healthy accounts, expenditure in relation to ASCN activities guidelines, masterclasses, meetings, travel. No applications this year for educational grant see website for how to apply. 5 Strategy update: established 2015, goals set for 2020. To achieve 90% membership based on 600 SCN in UK, currently 72%. Achieved project groups, standards & guidelines, developing stoma care course & website, collaborative working with WCET & ACPGBI nurses chapter & CIPHER hernia project. 6 21st WCET Biennial Congress (Cape Town - South Africa): JH & Dee provided overview of congress, 700 delegates from 70 countries, 13 UK oral & 5 poster presentations. 22 nd WCET Biennial Congress will be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 14 th 18 th April 2018. Dee discussed Action Rebecca Davenport & Dee Waugh (WCET)
mission, vision & work & benefits of membership of WCET education/scholarships, documentation, reduced registration at congress, twinning projects. Membership 25 per annum. 7 Area Reps Update: ASCN UK divided into 19 areas, each with a representative. UK map created with area rep details/picture see website. Few rep changes as MW taking over as chair, Nicola Payton new rep for West Midlands. Toni Johnson stood down for London & Gabriela Lela Boland new rep. Kate Howlett (East Midlands) & Claire Lowther (Wessex) have also stood down but their area co-reps Michaela Parker & Emma Maltby, respectively, will continue. New area of Republic of Ireland created with Mary Quigley & Aine Kennedy the reps. ST thanked the departed reps for their hard work & commitment & welcomed the new reps. 8 PIPS Forum: update on background/working of forum. Established 2001 & meet quarterly, look at & resolve issues/concerns, provide opinions & raise profile within speciality. More recently in relation to CCG s, prescribing guidelines, collaborative standards. In future projects on education, training, revalidation, effect of Eucomed guideline changes. 9 Website development: Committee felt website requires update/refresh. Small working group of ST, Angie Perrin (new vice chair), Gill Little (new treasurer), Stacy Haddow & Claire Simpson from In Conference looking at layout, content appearance, interactivity. If anyone has ideas/specific items to include please email Simon.Turley@ascnuk.com 10 Education Update: ASCN strategy focuses on education & educational resources to evolve the specialism through evidenced based practice. Achievements: Annual conference with CPD accreditation. i) National Standards: launched 2013, updated 2015 incorporating Paediatrics, & RCN reaccreditation. Available on website. ii) National Clinical guidelines: phase 1 launched 2015-13 guidelines on various topics, sent to departments/company nurse leads in summer 2016, also available via website, for use within local department/hospital as benchmark for practice. Phase 2 at peer review stage. 2x project groups established as result convexity & hernia support. Rebecca Davenport
iii) Hernia Masterclass: 2 nd one held in Scotland, well attended & superb feedback, with CPD accreditation. Planning next masterclass in Birmingham in spring 2017 focused on urology. iv) ASCN stoma care course: positive progress in development of post graduate certificate in advanced stoma care, with 60 credits at level 7 in 3 modules over a year, vis various delivery methods. v) Newsletter: incorporating conference feedback, highlights and summaries, also presentation write ups. WO expressed thanks to all those who have contributed and continue to contribute to all of these projects. 11 ASCN UK Members Celebrating Success, Achievements and Events: None received to report. i) GIN conference: Attended & stand manned by Judy & Wendy. WO chaired session. ii) London Nurse Show: 23 rd & 24 th February 2016. ASCN undertook workshop Key principles of Stoma Care 9x over two days by committee members & several of the area reps. Over 200 nurses attended the workshops, from varied health areas/backgrounds/care environments, providing positive feedback. iii) BJN Awards: ST & GT attended, JH & WO on judging panel. Held at Shakespeare Underglobe, London on 17 th March, 17 different categories across sphere of nursing, also overall nurse of the year & lifetime achievement award. Humbling & inspiring listening to nominees and winners citations. Award sponsored by Trio Healthcare, nominees judged in respect of their contribution to stoma care nursing profession, impact on patient care & benefit to stoma care as a whole, with supporting evidence provided. Winner: Susan Moore, Clinical Nurse Specialist Stoma Care, Sligo University Hospital, RoI. iv) IA National Council: 60 th Anniversary. Attended by JH. Angie Perrin presented on role of SCN in R&D. James East, consultant endoscopist in Oxford presented the Brian Brooke lecture on advances in endoscopy for IBD. Jean Prisk told her story of 60 years living with an ileostomy. v) Breakaway: celebrating 10 years, JH attended, presentation by patient Josh. Event raised over 7000 vi) Purple Wings: MW & ST attended charity & Gilly Tomsett Maddie White &
dinner in Birmingham on 27 th August. Charity established 3 years ago to support ostomates return to normal activities through funding family days out, spa treatments, taking on shopping trips, etc. vii) MBE announcement: Christine Smith awarded MBE, due to collect next month. Congratulations. 12 ASCN Committee: Results of Elections: JH last year as chair. i) New Treasurer Gill Little, National Nurse Manager, SecuriCare Medical. Previous secretary WCET UK. ii) New Vice chair Angie Perrin, Clinical Lead, R&D, SALTS Healthcare. Previous chair WCET UK. iii) New chair - Maddie White from QE hospital, Birmingham. ST will come to end of his four year tenure at end 2017. Anyone interested in secretary position please contact Simon Simon.Turley@ascnuk.com Committee position provides opportunities & is very rewarding. 13 Retirements: Pat Black after 51 years in nursing, and over 30 years in stoma care. Planning to complete PhD, has written article about her career in one of the nursing journals. Linda Readding worked within stoma care since 1989, varied career culminating working for Dansac. Previous chair of WCET UK. Jean Ross celebrated 40 years nursing with 26 in stoma care. Set up department at Airedale hospital in 1990. Become an honorary lecturer and subsequent module leader at Bradford University on stoma care course. Involved in establishing the SALTS academy at degree and masters level. Has presented many times at WCET UK, WCET international and ASCN UK. Her career culminated in winning the BJN stoma care nurse of the year award in 2015. ASCN UK would like to wish you all along, healthy and happy retirement. Congratulations. 14 Obituaries: Tony Griffiths. Tony died suddenly on 10 th February 2016 after a short illness and subsequent sepsis. Anyone who knew him, he was well loved and respected by all of his colleagues and customers alike. Tony had worked within the stoma care industry for over 30 years, with Dansac, Coloplast and Hollister. Tony had three sons Daniel, Andrew and Ross. He
was a very proud dad, keeping us up to date on their progress. His colleagues at Hollister had the extremely difficult task of calling his customers to deliver the sad news, but in return receiving some amazing comments and feedback about Tony, funny stories, messages of love and condolences for his sons. JH shared a few of these. Tony was a most wonderful man, everyone loved Tony, when you were down you just had to phone tony. Tony was our favourite rep. a total legend. I feel I have lost a member of my family. We have all lost a true friend and colleague, taken from us far too soon and missed by so many. Attending his funeral on Tuesday 1 st March 2016 to say our last goodbye was an extremely emotional occasion. However, the enormity of the congregation was testament to this very special man. Our thoughts are continually with his family. JH said rest in peace and in Tony s own words bless you. Applause. JH it doesn t seem the same without him. RIP. 15 ASCN Charity Raffle: 2016 charities are Sepsis Trust & Breakaway in respect of Tony Griffiths. 16 ASCN UK 2017: next year s conference will be held at the SECC in Glasgow from 1 st 3 rd October. 17 Any other business: No response from the floor. JH congratulations to Stacy from In Conference for recent wedding. MW Thank you and acknowledgement to JH for her hard work, representation, promotion and commitment of ASCN during tenure as chair over last 4 years. Gift & flowers given. No other business from committee or floor. 18 Date of next AGM: will be held during 2017 conference in Glasgow. ALL ALL