15th June 2004 - Board Minutes
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service held on Wednesday 15th June, 2004 at 1.30pm Boardroom, National Blood Centre, Jamess Street, Dublin 8
1. Minutes of Previous Meetings .04.2004 - Minutes of 12.05.2004 - Minutes of 31.05.2004 2. Matters arising The Management Team has discussed the proposed eProgesa system and will, over the coming weeks, analyse the cost implication of updating to eProgesa. A number of applications have been received from various agencies in regard to the Internal Auditor position and these are being processed at present. Mr. Martin McMorrow took up his appointment as Laboratory Manager in the Cork Centre as of June 14th 2004. 3. Correspondence It was noted that the Minister for Health & Children will be meeting with the Chairperson and other IBTS representatives on July 15th to discuss issues pertaining to the IBTS and in particular to progress funding for the Cork Centre. 4. Chief Executive Report The report was noted. The Chief Executive noted in regard to the appointment of an RPO in the Cork Centre, that there was some ambiguity in regard to roles and responsibilities and has written to the Regional Director to clarify the duties and responsibilities of relevant personnel. NAT has been implemented as a mandatory test as of June 9th 2004. It is planned to go live in Dublin by July 11th 2004. SNBTS will be retained as a back up. The Board acknowledged the work of all concerned in bringing this project to fruition. 5. Organisation Development Programme After some discussion it was agreed that the Chief Executive would bring the revised structure to Board for decision at the July meeting. He will also present various case studies and examples to explain how the revised structure will work in practice. 6. Donor Notification 1991 1994 7. Cork Centre Interim Building Project 8. Minutes of MAC Meeting 10th March 2004 & 14th April 2004 The minutes of both meetings were noted. Dr Cees Van der Poel briefed the Board on the MAC meetings. Dr Van der Poel agreed to Chair the MAC, as an interim measure, until such time as a new chairman could be appointed. 9. Minutes of Finance Meeting 7thth May 2004 The minutes were noted. Ms. V. Mannix briefed the Board on the minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting 7th May 2004. 10. Revised Code of Conduct for Board Members This item is deferred to the September 2004 Board Meeting. 11. Date of next meeting The next meeting of the IBTS Board will take place on Wednesday 14th July 2004, at 2pm in the NBC.
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