“I just want to acknowledge the staff.”
“Change isn’t always exciting, some people will be anxious and some people will be concerned. We just need to be really mindful of different people’s reactions. We’ll have our various employment support groups available to people as and when they need it.”
Under the new system, there will be four regional divisions, but it is unclear what that means, and Black addressed this uncertainty.
She said there was “a lot more detail to come before we can have any certainty around what it actually looks like”.
“As a board, we have a D-date ... but in the interim, we’ve got another 14 months. We can keep on doing what we do really well, supporting Lexie and her team and ensuring that we still provide a service and support to the people.”