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<td valign="top" width="357"><!--mstheme--><font face="verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><h3><!--mstheme--><font color="#003366"><strong><a name="NORTHERN">NORTHERN</a> REPRESENTATIVE</strong> <!--mstheme--></font></h3>
<p><font face="Verdana">Lynn Wilson</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Durham</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">0191 386 2428</font></p>
<p><font size="1"><a href="mailto:L.Wilson@ndhcnt.northy.nhs.uk">L.Wilson@ndhcnt.northy.nhs.uk</a></font></p>
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<td width="897" colspan="2"><!--mstheme--><font face="verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Lynn shapes up as follows!
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<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/shastd2/shasbul3.gif" width="35" height="24" hspace="3" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Professionally: Qualified RGN 1983, HV 1999. Dip
higher education, Dip counselling, BSc (hons) Public Health, ENB 276, ENB 901, ENB 998,
ENB child protection, ENB 934, ENB nurse prescribing, OU 553, OU 554. Worked in acute
surgery/urology, GUM sister 1992-1998, health adviser 1998 to date. She has been the
Northern representative for SHASTD since 2000.<!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td></tr>
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../_themes/shastd2/shasbul3.gif" width="35" height="24" hspace="3" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Personal: scuba diver, skier, horse rider, roller
hockey coach/manager. Married, 2 children, 1 dog, 3 horses, 2 gerbils and 5 acres of tame
rabbits!!!<!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td></tr>
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<td width="897" colspan="2"><!--mstheme--><font face="verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Northern Clinics can be found at:<font size="2"> <p>Newcastle,
North Shields, South Shields, Sunderland, Durham, Bishop Aukland, Hartlepool, Darlington,
Stockton, Middlesborough, Northallerton and Catterick.</font></p>
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<td width="897" colspan="2"><!--mstheme--><font face="verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><font size="2"> <b><h3 align="JUSTIFY"><!--mstheme--><font color="#003366">REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES SHASTD: Roles & responsibilities<!--mstheme--></font></h3>
</b><p align="JUSTIFY">To gain and feed information from:</p>
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meetings.</p>
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meetings.</p>
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circulars.</p>
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newsletters/meetings.</p>
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advisers.</font></p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY"><strong>PROCESS</strong></p>
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<b><p align="JUSTIFY">Council Meetings</p>
</b><p align="JUSTIFY">Regional representatives should attend meetings (Where there is
only one regional representative a deputy should be annually nominated who will attend
this meeting in the regional representatives absence). The representative should act as an
advocate of their region at the council.</font></p>
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representative should produce a regional report for each council meeting.</p>
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<b><p align="JUSTIFY">Regional Meetings</p>
</b><p align="JUSTIFY">Regional representatives should organise regular meetings. These
should be:</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY">at least quarterly</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">held at an accessible site(s)time(s) to be agreed by members</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">a forum for learning, the representative should organise speakers as
agreed by the members (a limited amount of money is available for speakers)</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">a focus to discuss relevant local issues</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">a meeting place for health advisers – especially for isolated
health advisers.</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY">The regional representative will:</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">Promote and support the aims of the Society of Health Advisers in
Sexually Transmitted Diseases.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">To support Council constructively in carrying out its duties.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">To contribute to meetings and take on specific tasks, from time to
time, as agreed by council.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">Be elected annually. Elections for regional representatives shall take
place annually. Normally the election shall take place at the last regional meetings prior
to the AGM and the results of regional elections shall be notified to the secretary within
two weeks of the election at which they will have assumed office. Prior to the meeting the
regional representative will circulate a copy of the guidance for regional representatives
to all regional members, together with a letter asking for nominations.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">Be the first point of contact for health advisers experiencing problems
e.g. regrading, disciplinary, legal and ethical issues. The representatives should assess
the problems with a national officer and identify their best resources e.g. local MSF
representative officer.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">Aim to encourage contact with new health advisers in their region,
invite them to a regional meeting, and encourage them to joint SHASTD/MSF and to liaise
with the Recruitment Secretary/Membership Secretary.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">Take responsibility to find out what has happened at a meeting that
they or their deputy have been unable to attend (eg council/regional meetings).</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">Acknowledge the different structures and needs within and between
different regions and health authorities.</font></p>
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geographical make-up and update the membership details and co-ordinate this with the
Membership Secretary.</font>
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