Our board

The role of our Board

• To set the strategic direction of the Trust within the overall policies and priorities of the Government and the NHS, define the Trust’s annual and longer term objectives and agree plans to achieve them
• To oversee the delivery of planned results by monitoring performance against objectives and ensuring corrective action is taken where necessary
• To ensure effective financial supervision through value for money, financial control and financial planning and strategy
• To ensure those high standards of corporate governance and personal behaviour are maintained in the conduct of the business of the Trust
• To ensure that satisfactory procedures exist to appoint, appraise and remunerate senior executives
• To ensure that there is effective dialogue between the Trust and the local community on its plans and performance and that these are responsive to the community’s needs.

Our board committees include: the nomination and remuneration committee, audit and risk committee, quality assurance committee and finance and investment committee. 

Our directors 

Our executive directors are employees of the Trust. Along with the non-executive directors, they are accountable for our Trust's performance.

Our executive directors 

Our non-executive directors constructively challenge executive directors on our strategy and are also accountable for the Trust's performance.

Our non-executive directors