Minutes of a Meeting of the GP&F Committee
Held via WebEx on 10th July 2017

Present

Mr A Kemp / Chairman
Dr A Pountney / Vice Chair
Mr P Gates / Hon Secretary
Miss N Howlett / Administrator
GP49/17 / Safety Issues

No safety Issues

GP50/17 / Apologies for Absence
Apologies from Dr J Hickman, Dr P J P Holden and from Mr P Gates who would be joining the meeting late.
GP51/17 / Minutes of the previous Meeting
After a few minor amendments, the minutes were agreed.
GP52/17 / Matters arising / Action Log
Turret House Mr Kemp said that the Penn Commercial contract had not been signed, which was why there hadn’t been much interest in Turret House. Mrs Parkinson had now completed it, and already had two viewing booked for later in the week.
Schemes – Mr Kemp discussed West Midland Care Team and MARS’ financial issues and what BASICS could do to assist. There was a discussion about a possible interest free loan or a grant, but this would need looking into in more detail. Mr Kemp suggested that the WMCT should write a letter to BASICS with their needs. Mr Kemp said he would talk to Dr Richard Steyn.
Consultancy Nothing to report.
Insurance Nothing to report.
Trustees Handbook Nothing to report.
Conflict of interest The committee discussed the conflict of Interest between Dr K Steel and Mr T Nuttall and Events Medicine.
There were no more matters arising.
GP53/17 / Chairman’s Report.
Mr Kemp praised Mrs T Parkinson and Miss N Howlett for all their hard work in the office.
Mr Kemp said that Dr K Steel would not be attending GP&F as she had resigned.
Awards and Nomination – Mr Kemp said that Mrs Walter had nominated Dr Simon Topham for an award. Mr Kemp talked about his nominations – Dr Richard Steyn and Dr Jeremy Mauger. Mr Gates nominated John Eaton for Lifetime Achievement Award.Nominations for the Laerdal included Dr Gavin Perkins, Dr Simon Brown and Mr Richard Steyn. Dr Pountney and Mr Gates agreed that Dr Richard Steyn was a good nomination for the award.
Mr Kemp said he had re-designed the ID card and that he would email it to everyone to look at. The committee talked about accreditation and what it actually meant. It would be looked at in more detail in the future.
Mr Kemp talked to the committee about the Virgin Account. Miss Howlett said that the forms to take Mr Browne and Dr Steel off the account had been sent earlier in the day.
Mr Kemp spoke of money that had been found in the office and said that it had now been banked.
Annual Report - Mr Gates spoke about the Annual Report. He said that he and Mr Kemp were going to check and cut down the annual report.
Mr Kemp said that Ensors would have the accounts ready for mid September.
Election – Mr Gates said there was no office election. Mr Kemp said he had received interest in being a Trustee from Dr Ian Ward and MrShaunHegarty.
GP54/17 / Finance Report
No Finance Report.
GP55/17 / Chief Executive’s Report
No Chief Executive’s Report.
GP56/17 / Education Report
No Education report.
GP57/17 / BASICS Junior
Nothing to report.
GP58/17 / Conference 2017
Social media - Mr Kemp said there had been lots going on with our social media aboutpromoting conference and that it hadreceived good feedback. He said that the Faculty hadn’t been promoting the conference as he’d hoped – only re-tweeting a few tweets from Caroline Leech and BASICS about the conference.
Make More Noise - Mr Kemp said that he had brought in Hannah Haffield from Make More Noise Ltd, a marking agency. Her role would be to promote BASICSand this year’s conference, andto chase exhibitors and sponsorship. It would cost £800 a month for three months.
Mr Kemp said that the conference programme was now out. The committee talked about the programme and future conferences.
GP59/17 / Any Other Business
Mr Kemp asked the committee if they had any objections to changing the date of the next executive meeting from 9th September to the 2nd September. Mr Gates and Dr Pountney agreed they were happy with the change.
GP60/17 / Date & Time of Next Meeting
The next meeting is scheduled for 14th August 2017

The meeting concluded at 22.00