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NATIONAL DELIVERY GROUP
Friday 30 July 2010 
11:00 – 14:00
Conference Room 6, Cathays Park, Cardiff
Present:
Paul Williams – Chair
Tony Jewell
Chris Hurst
Owen Crawley
Gwyn Thomas
Jean White
Peter Max
Rosemary Kennedy
Sheelagh Lloyd-Jones
Sian Marie James
Zoe Harcombe
Jo Jordan
Simon Dean
Rob Pickford
John Collins
Christopher Cule – Secretariat 
1.
APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
1.1
Apologies were received from Dr Chris Jones and Richard Bowen.
1.2
PMW introduced Jo Jordan as the new Director of Corporate Services 
and Partnerships and Jean White as the interim Chief Nursing Officer, 
until a successor is appointed when Rosemary Kennedy retires in 
September.
2.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING – 16 June 2010
2.1
The minutes were agreed to be an accurate record, except for:

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Under paragraph 13 the update from OC should read “OC noted 
the potential role of Third Sector bodies representing interests in 
the quality of services citing the example of RNID involvement in 
peer review of adult audiology services.”
3.
FINANCIAL PLAN AND FINANCIAL POSITION 2010/11
CH introduced his paper on the Financial Plan and Position and 
reported that the Auditor General has issued an unqualified audit 
opinion to each NHS organisation in respect of their 2009-10 annual 
accounts and confirmed that each has met its primary financial duties.  
The audit of the consolidated NHS and WAG accounts is nearing 
completion.
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4.
INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT: NHS REFORM PROGRAMME
PMW advised that Internal Audit Services found that overall it was able 
to provide Substantial Assurance that the Healthcare Reform 
Programme had been managed effectively.  ZH wanted to place on 
record, how impressed she was on the way the programme was 
undertaken and how much was actually achieved.
5.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS 
No additional business was raised in this part of the meeting.
6.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
PMW advised that the date of the next meeting was subject to change 
and CC would consider an alternative date and inform everyone.
Action:

Date of next meeting to be changed and revised date to be sent 
to all members – CC

PMW said this was a good time to reflect on the progress achieved by 
the NDG over the past year, and thanked the NDG Members for their 
contributions and the experience they individually brought to the 
meetings.  The IMs paper had been circulated prior to the meeting to 
provide context for discussions.

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