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 Minutes of Annual General Meeting for
Angus Gold 50+ Group held
on 19 April 2011 at Jubilee Court, Letham

Present: D Litt B Herald B Rae E Carnegie G Stewart C Clark K Shepherd K Wood S Livingstone

Apologies: M Mearns M McAfferty L Ingram

 1. Meeting began with a presentation by Kate Wood, re Polypharmacies, which deals with people who are taking multiple medicines. At present, Arbroath pharmacies, GP’s and Arbroath Infirmary are involved in the pilot project.

Discussion centred on the idea of an appointment being arranged with pharmacist to review a patient’s prescriptions on a regular basis. The group agreed that this would be a positive step, as monitoring would evaluate effects of medication and indeed could lead to decrease in number of drugs taken.

Cost effectiveness was also mentioned, eg, cheaper brands being prescribed, but Kate Wood stated that this was unlikely to be the cause of drugs being changed. Grace Stewart thanked Kate Wood for her very interesting talk.

2. Minutes of Previous Meeting:-

a) Meeting in school hall re need of a GP in Letham – It was noted that Susan Wilson (CHIP) could not attend until after the Elections in May. The meeting was well attended and well presented by the Community Council. It was agreed that villagers should submit letters/slips in support of the need of a GP and that these should reach the Community Council by 6 May. Date of next meeting to be 11 May 2011.

b) Yellow cover on pavement at Hamelt still there, although Duncan Road has been repaired. It was noted that there was little improvement re potholes, etc.

c) Shopping bus – Last trip to Morrisons Arbroath, the bus held 21 passengers. Although £23.00 was received, Grace Stewart stated that she would approach the Manager of Morrisons re incentives he could offer.

d) Mackies Jam Visit – An email had been sent to G Stewart indicating that Mackies would in all likelihood focus on Edinburgh, etc. There appeared to be little interest on their part to visit small groups.

e) Network Meeting – Each group gave an update on their activities.

3. ‘Heartie Thrang’:- to be held 28 July 2011 at Kirriemuir. K Shepherd to check re application forms and activities to be provided.

4. Information sheets were circulated, including a survey on ‘Older People’ by Stirling University.

5. Treasurer’s Report:- given by E Carnegie. Present balance £963.60. This includes £200 from Colin Grant Trust, 0.09p interest and bus money held. E Carnegie informed group that from now on a cheque for payment of bus was to be given to the bus driver on each trip.

6. Grace Stewart collected names for trip to ‘Retreat’, Glen Esk on 21 June 2011 at 10am.

7. Ideas for May meeting:- it was agreed to contact Rachel Beaton and Leslie Young re their Borneo presentation. It was also suggested that Jane Nicolson could be asked to talk about Iona. (Group agreed to keep this for a later date). 8. Date of Next Meeting:- May 2011

8. Date of Next Meeting:- May 2011

S Livingstone Secretary