Our board is responsible for making sure we provide the best care for our patients in safe and clean surroundings.
They do this by making the key decisions that affect our hospitals and setting the values, aims and strategic direction for our Trust. They also review our performance against our objectives as well as national targets. It is their responsibility to make sure we have the financial and human resources we need to provide our service.
Our Board has:
- A non-executive chairman
- Five non-executive directors
- Five executive directors – chief executive and our directors of medicine, nursing, finance and operations
We have two executive directors who attend board meetings without voting rights – our directors of human resources and strategic development
Our chairman and non-executives are appointed by the Appointments Commission. Our non-executives are chosen for their experience and links with the local community. They work with us for four years, and can sometimes be re-appointed for a further four years.
Members of the public are welcome to attend our Trust Board meetings as we realise that our community is interested in the work we do.
We hold our meetings in public but they are not public meetings, which means you will not be able to ask questions during the meeting. However there are 20 minutes at the start of the meeting to put questions to our board.
Asking questions
If you would like to ask a question please contact Victoria Fisher by 10am on the day of the meeting. Victoria can be contacted by emailing victoria.fisher@nhs.net
To help us give you a better and more detailed answer please try and send us your question at least 48 hours before the meeting.
Our CQUIN targets
The CQUIN payments framework is a national framework for locally agreed quality improvement schemes. It make a proportion of our Trust’s income conditional on us achieving quality improvement goals and innovations. The CQUIN framework is intended to reward excellence and encourage a culture of continuous quality improvements.
Our CQUIN targets for 2011/12
Board directors’ expenses
The Trust Board has agreed to publish the expenses claimed by the Trust’s board directors – executives and non-executives. Starting with 2009/10, this information is published retrospectively on a quarterly basis.
Expenses claimed October to December 2011
Expenses claimed July to September 2011
Expenses claimed April to June 2011
Expenses claimed January to March 2011
Expenses claimed October to December 2010
Expenses claimed July to September 2010
Expenses claimed April to June 2010
Expenses claimed January to March 2010
Expenses claimed October to December 2009
Expenses claimed July to September 2009
Expenses claimed April to June 2009
Trust spending over £25,000
In line with Government policy, the Trust is required to publish expenditure data on individual items and services in excess of £25,000. This data is published monthly in arrears, starting with April 2010. For more information on the national Opening up Government initiative, please go to: data.gov.uk/.
Transactions over £25,000 – January 2012
Transactions over £25,000 – December 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – November 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – October 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – September 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – August 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – July 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – June 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – May 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – April 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – March 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – February 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – January 2011
Transactions over £25,000 – December 2010
Transactions over £25,000 – November 2010
Transactions over £25,000 – October 2010
Transactions over £25,000 – September 2010
Transactions over £25,000- August 2010
Transactions over £25,000 – July 2010
Transactions over £25,000 – June 2010
Transactions over £25,000 – May 2010
Transactions over £25,000 – April 2010
