The Royal Surrey has now taken over the contract from Virgin Heath for running Adult Community Health Services in Guildford and Waverley, It is busy embedding the Royal Surrey NHS culture, its performance targets and its focus on risk management. Hopefully as the year progresses improvements will become evident and opportunities will be realised to combine much more effectively acute and community care.  As a governor I will also now have responsibilities extending to this community care and am looking to develop my understanding of this environment.