Local Q & A sessions to launch

Thank you to everyone who has been attending the weekly ‘We are EEAST’ Q and A sessions with the Executive Directors, each Thursday at 4pm. It’s been great to see so many people making the time to come along, and to hear the wide range of questions that you have been asking.

However, there is always more that we can do to improve communications within the Trust, and you have told us that it is an issue for you. We want to address this and develop a consistent local approach, which ensures you get the information you need and provides the opportunity for you to ask questions.

From this Thursday, 10^th March, the Trust wide Q and A sessions will now be held fortnightly instead of weekly. In the alternating two weeks we will be introducing local versions of the Thursday Q and A sessions. Because we have several different sectors and teams to cover, the local sessions will be split over the remaining two weeks, so each sector will receive one local Q and A session each month.

The sessions will be led by your local Head of Operations, who will be joined initially by an Executive Director. As with the Trust wide sessions, you will receive a meeting invitation which will allow you to join. The agenda will be as per the Trust wide Q and A sessions, with a briefing to start followed by your questions. To kick off, and for ease, we have suggested that the local sessions also take place on Thursdays at 4pm, with the exception of AOC who will will run their session on a Monday at 10am.

Following last week’s Trust wide session, for the remainder of March, the schedule is as follows:

Thursday 10 March, 4pm:      

• PTS: Kate Vaughton, Executive Director of Integration
• HART: Steve Moore
• Localities:

1. Cambs & Peterborough: Oliver Monahan
2. Norfolk & Waveney: Terry Hicks

Monday 14 March, 10am: 

• AOC: Sandra Treacher

Thursday 17 March, 4pm:       Trust wide Q and A: Tom Abell and Kate Vaughton

Thursday 24 March, 4pm:

• Support Services: Stephen Bromhall, CIO and Melissa Dowdeswell, Director of Nursing
• Volunteers: Lorna Hayes/Jonathan Needle and Kate Vaughton, Director of Integration
• Students and Trainees: Tom Burton, Strategic Planning Director
• Localities:

1. Herts & West Essex: Glenn Young and Tom Abell
2. Beds and Luton: Marc Stanbridge and Emma De Carteret, Director of Corporate Affairs & Governance
3. Mid & South Essex: Alan Whitehead and Marcus Bailey
4. Suffolk & North East Essex: Dave Allen and Kevin Smith

Wednesday 30 March, 4pm

• Beds and Luton: Marc Stanbridge and Emma De Carteret, Director of Corporate Affairs & Governance

The questions and the answers for the previous Trust wide sessions can all be found here, and we will be uploading video and questions from each of the locality/team Q and A sessions.

Please do get in touch if you have any questions.

Julie Hollings
Director of Communications & Engagement