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~| |Description
ofthe charity's trusts||| ||Type ofgoverning
document|Governance
Framework| ||(eg. trust deed, constitution)|| ||How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association,
company)|Healthwatch
Hartlepool
is a Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation
established
in 2016and is governed
according to the Governance
Framework,
which
is reviewed
annually.| ||Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed
by, elected by)|Recruitment
and appointment
ofTrustees:
The board consists ofno fewer than 3trustees and has no maximum.
The
necessary
quorum
for the transaction
ofany business
is3.Trustees are| |||recruited
from the local population
and all have an interest
in the aims and| |||ob'ectives of Healthwatch
Hartle
ool.| |Additional
governance
issues (Optional
information)||| |You may choose to include
additional
information,
where
relevant,
about:||Healthwatch
Hartlepool
has developed
an induction
programme
using its
own material,
material
&resources from both Healthwatch
England 8
Hartlepool
Borough Council plus material/guidance
from the Charity| |~|policies and procedures|Commission.
All Trustees are additionally
encouraged
to attend external| ||adopted for the induction
and|courses, which are relevant to their role.| ||training oftrustees;|| |~|the charity's
organisational
structure
and any wider
network
with which the charity
works;|Risk Management
—During the year the Trustees met monthly
when
possible and safe to do so throughout
the Covid19 pandemic.
The
meetings
considered
all aspects ofservice delivery,
complaints
and risk
management.
These meetings
enable the Trustees to identify any risks to
which the Charity may be exposed and put in place measures
to mitigate| |~|relationship
with any related
parties;|those risks. Throughout
the pandemic
weekly/monthly
update reports
were provided
to Board members
by our Chief Executive.| |~|trustees'
consideration
of
major risks and the system
and procedures
to manage
them.|Organisational
Structure —Healthwatch
Hartlepool
is an autonomous
body. The Trustees make strategic decisions about the organisation
and
the day to day operating
model is delegated
to the Chief Executive. The
Chief Executive is responsible
for ensuring
the aims and objectives ofthe| |||organisation
are met. The board
in the mainmeets
monthly
to consider| |||reports
&updates
from the Chief Executive and Volunteer
Steering Group.| |~|~||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||~
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~||| |Summary ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year|||0~erie
2020/2020
r
d
tt
d e e
Pe ett 0
d
strict Covid19 safety restrictions
undertook
a wide range of
activities. Below are some ofour main pieces ofwork and
achievements
albeit more information
is available
in our published||«0| ||||Annual
Report, which is on our website||| ||||www. healthwatchhartle
ool.co.uk||| ||||Responding
tothe Covid19 Pandemic||| ||||Healthwatch
Hartlepool
played an important
role in helping
people tc get
the information
they needed, especially
through
the pandemic.
The||| ||||insight we collected was shared
with both Healthwatch
England
and local||| ||||partners
to ensure services were operating as best as possible during the||| ||||pandemic.||| ||||This year we helped over 6000 people by:||| ||||Providing
up to date advice on the COVID-19 response||| ||||locally||| ||||Linking people to reliable up-to-date
information||| ||||Supporting
the Health 8,Wellbeing
Board's Covid Outbreak||| ||||committee||| ||||Supporting
the Covid Champions
initiative||| ||||Helping people toaccess the service they need||| ||||"On behalf ofthe Audit and Governance
Committee,
I would once|again|| ||||like to thank Hartlepool
Healthwatch
for its commitment
to the work ofthe||| ||||Committee.||| ||||2020/21 has been a very challenging
time for all areas ofservice||| ||||provision
and Healthwatch
has continued
to be an essential source of||| ||||local views, comments
and concerns for the Audit and Governance||| ||||Committee
during
very uncertain
times.||| ||||Healthwatch
representatives
have adapted
to the virtual format of||| ||||meetings
during
this period and have been fully involved
in the||| ||||Committee's
activities
in not only scrutinising
ongoing
provision across a
breadth ofhealth services areas, as detailed
below, but also||| ||||organisational
change within the NHS and the impact of Covid-19|on|| ||||services and communities
across the town:||| ||||~
Quality Accounts across provider Trusts;||| ||||~
Progress updates
in relation to the provision
ofAssisted||| ||||Reproduction
Services and the Midwife Led Birthing
Unit in||| ||||Hartlepool;||| ||||~
Complaints
(via the independent
Complaints
Advocacy Service);||| ||||~
Orthodontic/Dentistry
Provision;||| ||||~
Covid-19 response and recovery planning;
and||| ||||~
Integrated
Care Strategy (ICS)/ Integrated
Care Partnership||| ||||(ICP)organisation
change.||| ||||As we move into the new municipal,
the knowledge
and experience|of|| ||||Healthwatch
members
will be essential
in supporting
the activities ofthe||| ||||Audit and Governance
Committee
in effectively scrutinising
the||| ||||challenges
facing health service provision
in the ongoing
and eventual
post Covid-19 environment. "||| ||||COUNCILLOR GERARD HALL||| ||||CHAIR OFTHE AUDIT AND GOVERNANCE
(2020/21)||| ## ## ## |O
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND
AND WALES|O
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND
AND WALES|Healthwatch
Hartlepool|Healthwatch
Hartlepool|Healthwatch
Hartlepool||||1165402||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Recei|ts|and|a|ments accounts|||CC16a| |||For the period
from||1stA|ril 2020||To|31stMarch 2021||| |~
a||||||||||| |~|~|~||||||||| |||Unrestn cted||Restricted|||Endowment|||| ||||funds||funds||funds|Total|funds|Last year| |||to the|nearest
5|to the nearest 5|||to the nearest 5|tothe nearest 5||to the oaareat5| |A1 Recel ts||||||||||| |Commissioned
service from
Hartlapool
Borough Council|||115,150||||||116150|20211| |Other Income —Consultations/Grant
Interest from Bank|||52223||||||52223|| |ti
ross income
or||||||||||| ||AR)||168,384||||||168,384|20,211| |se an
mvestment
ss es||||||||||| |see table .||||||||||| |u|tote|||||||||| |Tran|at~ffntnl~|||||||||| |A3 P
ants||||||||||| |Operational
Costs
Staffing Costa
Premises,
Room hire and telephone|||7,025
103,534
1'l,3'l3||||||7025
103,634
11,313|| |Sub|total||121,973||||||121,973|| |A4Asset and investment
Sub total
Total payments|||121,973||-:||||121,a73|| |Net ofreceiptsl(payments)
ABTransfers between funds|||46,411||||||46,411|20,211| |A6 Cash funds last year end||||||||||| |Cash funds this year|end||46,411|||||46,411||20,211| |~
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I| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf ofall the trustees|||Signature||Print Name|||||Date of| |||||||||||a
royal| ||||||Jane|Till||||o cg/ Ml| ||||||Anthony|Raine||||| ##