Women and Mental Health Special Interest Group of

The Royal College of Psychiatrists

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Date: 5thJuly 2013

Time:12.35 pm

Venue:Harris 2, Edinburgh International Conference Centre

MINUTES

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Present: Apologies

Katina Anagnostakis (chair) ShaheenShora

Judith Edwards Rebecca Horne

Rina Gupta Sarah Cohen

Carol Henshaw Jackie Short

Olivia Protti

Laurence Mynors-Wallace

1 / WELCOME
Apologies were noted. Carol Henshaw(New Vice Chair) and Sarah Cohen were welcomed to the SIG and the Executive, It was noted that HemaAnanth, Louise Howard and Elena Baker Glen had stepped down. The Executive acknowledged their excellent work and wished to formally register their thanks for this. / ACTION
2 / MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
2.1 / No minutes were available for the last AGM in 2012 but the minutes of the previous Executive Meeting held on 6 March 2013 were reviewed and accepted as an accurate record. Carol will forward these to ShaheenShora to be added to the website. / CH
2.2 / Matters Arising
None
3 / CHAIR’S REPORT
3.1 / Katina noted that the College had reviewed the function of SIGS.
Katina had had a teleconference on with the Royal Society of Medicine who are planning a joint RCPsych/RSM conference on 11 March 2014 on women’s mental health through the lifespan. They have asked for other ideas/suggestions of speakers by August.
Katina also reported that she has been asked to review an editorial on gender issues in the middle east for International Psychiatry.
Katina reported that Fiona Mason is now Associate Registrar at the College and that she had received considerable positive feedback as a woman in that role. / KA
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CH
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All
4 / SECRETARY’S REPORT
Laurence Mynors-Wallace joined the discussion around our communication problems with our 2,600 plus members. He will investigate further as ideally setting up a group e-mail would allow us to communicate more easily.
He also suggested we submit a short article about the SIG and our conference to the RCPsych monthly Newsletter.
5 / TREASURER’S REPORT
Judith confirmed that our current balance is £1554 with an estimated end of year balance of £754.She noted that both conferences in the last financial year had been undersubscribed and had incurred losses. WMHSIG’s does not reimburse Executive travel claims.
The 2013 Business plan had been approved by the College’s Finance Committee and the 2014 one needs to be submitted by October 2013.
All agreed that it was important to retain the prize.
Our conference in 2014 with the RSM would not be a financial burden but we will not have any share of the profits.
Judith reported that she is considering stepping down from her role as Treasurer. Any incoming Treasurer will be able to access training from the College. / JE
6 / FEEDBACK FROM NEW WORKSTREAMS
6.1 / The Mental Health of Disadvantaged Women: signposts to care
Following the working party on 24th April at 10.30 am at the College:
Fiona Mason has agreed to open the meeting and do the introduction.
Agreed speakers are Louise Howard, Jackie Short, Amanda Jones, Annie Bartlett, Together in Mental Health, Paula Harriott (Poppy Project) and Charlotte Page (Kids Co) have agreed to speak and run workshops.
A Senior Police Officer is also being sought.
There will also be an opportunity to look round some of the services at St Andrews.
The maximum possible attendance will be 95-120 and the fee £95 for College Members and £75 for others.
Katrina will put together the flyer with artwork from St Andrews.
Carol will check with Sue Duncan whether the College or St Andrews will do the registration.
Olivia will put the programme together and Carol agreed to forward the templates received from Gira Patel. / KA
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CH
6.2 / Working Lives- Women in Management
Katina reported that Gira Patel has written a literature review on the topic which will be published in the International Journal of Clinical Leadership
7 / FEEDBACK FROM COMMITTEE LEADS
7.1 / Newsletter
Contributions were requested for the next Newsletter that will be published after the September conference. Rebecca was thanked for her work on the Newsletters.
7.2 / Conferences
See above
7.3 / Website
Shaheen had sent her apologies but advised in an e-mail that the College are archiving all website content pre 2010 (these can be accessed if needed). The website has been updated and Carol suggested sending minutes of meetings round by e-mail for accuracy checking and then they can go on the site sooner than the 6 months or so that can elapse between meetings.
It was noted that Shaheen requires a week’s turn-around for adding material to the website.
One suggestion for material was summaries if their work from work stream leads. / CH
Leads
7.4 / JISCmail
No news
7.5 / Primary Care Mental Health Forum
No news
7.6 / Psychiatry Trainees Committee (PTC)
No news
7.7 / Workforce Committee
Sarah Cohen agreed to lead this.
8 / CONSULTATIONS
8.1 / None at present
9 / ANY OTHER BUSINESS
9.1 / International links
Olivia reported that she will be attending the APA in 2014.
Jackie Short provides an international perspective to the Exec.
Various options were discussed including links with the Volunteering and International SIG and having this as a potential work stream.
Olivia will contact the APA regarding their training.
Further discussion on this topic will be at the November Exec meeting.
9.2 / Academic Secretary
Suggestions for this role were requested. Carol agreed to contact Kathryn Abel and Louise Howard and the SIG membership can be asked when we have a means of communicating with them. One suggestion was Amy Iversen (IOP). / CH
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12 / DATE & VENUE OF NEXT MEETING
Executive meeting -27 November, RCPsych at Prescot St. Time to be advised by CH when room booked.
AGM 2014 – Carol raised the possibility of holding this at the RSM conference in March 2014 to see if this increases the number of members attending.

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