12th May 2004 - Board Minutes
Minutes of the Board of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service held on Wednesday 12th May, 2004 at 1.00pm Boardroom, National Blood Centre, Jamess Street, Dublin 8
Present: Ms Maura McGrath (Chairperson)
Mr Sean Wyse
Ms Valerie Mannix
Mr Tony McNamara
Dr Liz Keane
Mr David Lowe
Mr David Keenan
Apologies: Dr Mary Horgan
Dr Helen Enright
Dr Gerry Crotty
Dr Cees Van Der Poel
In Attendance: Mr Andrew Kelly (A/CE)
Dr William Murphy (NMD)
Mr. Michael Healy (SEO)
1. Minutes of Meeting 14.04.2004
The minutes of the Board meeting held on Wednesday 14th April 2004 were adopted on the proposal of Dr. E. Keane, seconded by Ms. V. Mannix and signed by the Chairperson subject to agreed amendments.
2. Matters arising
A paper with regard to the eProgesa computer system will come before the Management Team at the next meeting.
Mr. Colin Johns took up his appointment as QA Manager in the Cork Centre on 26th April 2004.
Mr. Kelly noted that the recruitment of an Internal Auditor with sufficient internal audit experience, has not been finalised and various agencies have been contacted in this regard. In the interim, some consultancy arrangement is being pursued, to finalise the risk management exercise.
Interviews of the position of Laboratory Manager in the Cork Centre will take place on Monday 17th May 2004.
3. Correspondence
Correspondence received from the RD was discussed and decided upon. It was agreed by the Board that the Chief Executive would deal with all future relevant correspondence.
4. Chief Executive Report
The report was noted.
The Intranet went live in the IBTS on 30th April 2004. This provides information to staff on developments in the IBTS and also on the use of facilities. This is one of the initiatives set out in the Internal Communications Strategy.
5. Donor Notification 1991 1994
6. Revised Code of Conduct for Board Members
This item is deferred to the June 2004 Board Meeting.
7. Development of Cork Centre
The design brief has been signed off for the refurbishment work and tenders have been requested from contractors.
Western Building Systems, Co. Tyrone, has successfully tendered for the construction of the prefabricated structure.
Re-roofing is near completion.
It is expected that the Galileo Grouping Automated machines will be in place in late June 2004.
8. Organisation Development Programme
The Chief Executive gave a presentation to the Board on IBTS activities, the role of Executive Management and the internal and external environment that the IBTS operates in. He presented a draft structure for the management of the IBTS. The Chief Executive has had ongoing discussions with senior staff in the IBTS, to brief them on the proposals outlined and to obtain feedback. There will be ongoing review of the IBTS Strategic Plan and the changes in structure. Proposals for revised management structures and organisation of work will be presented to the Board at the June meeting.
9. Minutes of Finance Meeting 10th March 2004
Ms. V. Mannix briefed the Board on the minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting 10th March 2004.
Ms. V. Mannix proposed Dr. Mary Horgan as a member of the Audit Committee and Dr. E. Keane seconded this proposal. The Board unanimously endorsed the proposal.
10. Date of next meeting
The next monthly meeting of the IBTS Board will take place on Tuesday 15th June 2004, at 1pm in the NBC.
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