Public board meeting agenda and papers: December 2024

Wednesday 11 December 2024 at 1:30pm via Zoom.

Agenda

1. Apologies for absence

   To receive any apologies for absence.

2. Declarations of interest

   To declare any new board interests and executive team interests, and consider any conflicts of interest specific to the meeting.

3. Minutes of the last board meeting (Word)

   To approve the minutes of the public Board meeting held on 25 September 2024. This will include questions from the public (Word).

4. Action log (Excel)

   To review the actions from previous meetings.

5. Update from the Department of Health and Social Care 

   Presented by: Helen Lovell

   To receive an oral update on any issues of note. 

6. Executive update and integrated performance report (Word)

   Presented by: Dr Sam Roberts, chief executive

   To review the report:

   • Integrated performance report (PowerPoint).

7. Refinement of highly specialised technologies (HST) routing criteria (Word)
   

   Presented by: Jonathan Benger

   To approve the report (Word).

8. HealthTech manual: for consultation (Word)

   Presented by: Mark Chapman

   To approve the reports:

   • the NICE HeathTech programme (Word)
   • documents for archiving from NICE website on publication of The NICE HealthTech programme (Word).

9. Integrated rules-based Medtech pathway (Word)

   Presented by: Mark Chapman

   To approve the report.

10. Annual report on patient safety (Word)

    Presented by: Jonathan Benger

    For discussion.

11. Report on prioritisation activity (Word)

    Presented by: Jonathan Benger

    For discussion.

12. Update from the lead NED for workforce engagement

    Presented by: Bee Wee

    An oral update for discussion.

13. External equality, diversity and inclusion spend (Word)

    Presented by: Helen Brown

    To approve the report.

14. Cyber security and business continuity update (Word)

    Presented by:  Raghunath Vydyanath

    To review the cyber security and business continuity update (PowerPoint).

15. Audit and risk committee 

    Presented by: Alina Lourie

    To receive the:

    • confirmed minutes of the meeting held on 18 September 2024 (Word).

16. Governance updates (Word) 

    Presented by: Sam Roberts

    To approve the risk appetite report (Word).

    Presented by: Raghunath Vydyanath

    To approve the remuneration committee terms of reference and annual review (Word).

    Presented by: Alina Lourie

    To approve the audit and risk committee terms of reference (Word).

17. Any other business

    To consider any other business of an urgent nature.

18. Date of the next meeting

    Wednesday 19 March 2025.