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The Governor’s Council is responsible for:
- representing the interests of our members
- representing the interests of the local community
- holding non-executive directors to account for the performance of the Board
- the appointment and removal of the chair, vice chair and other non-executive directors
- the appointment and removal of our external auditors
- commenting on our draft annual plan
- reviewing the membership strategy
- reviewing our constitution
Sub-committees
The Governor’s Council also has 6 sub-committees. These are the Nominations Committee, Governor’s Advisory Committee, Membership & Engagement Committee, Finance & Performance Committee, Quality Improvement & Safety Committee and Workforce Committee.
The Nominations Committee is responsible for:
- reviewing the non-executive directors of the Board to make sure they've got the right mix of skills, expertise and experience to govern the Trust
- developing succession plans for non-executive directors
- reviewing the leadership requirements of the Trust to make sure we’re providing high quality, safe, cost effective, patient centred services
- reviewing how much money and allowances the non-executive directors and chair should be given, at least every 3 years
- finding the best people for non-executive director and chair vacancies, taking part in interviews and making recommendations
The Governor’s Advisory Committee is responsible for:
- helping the company secretary to plan Governor’s Council meetings
- deciding what training and development the governors need
- reviewing changes to the constitution
- advising on things that will help us to be more productive
The Membership & Engagement Committee is responsible for:
- reviewing our membership strategy
- making sure we communicate properly with our members
- making sure members views are heard
- finding ways for members to get involved in planning our services
- working with the communications team to make sure we keep our members up to date and get their views heard
- advising the Governor’s Council on reports that need to made the members
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The Finance & Performance Committee is responsible for:
- Hearing from Non-Executive Directors on the assurances they have sought and obtained in relation to the activities of the aligned Board Committee (Finance, Investment & Performance)
- Receiving briefings from Non-Executive Directors on notable risks or concerns that the Committee have sought additional assurance on, and / or escalated to the Board of Directors
- To receive this information and feedback on the Committee’s activity to the Governors Council
- By exception, and at request of the Governors Council, request an additional briefing / update from the Trust’s External Auditors on the Trust’s annual report and count in addition to that presented by Auditors to the full Governors Council.
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The Quality Improvement & Safety Committee is responsible for:
- Hearing from Non-Executive Directors on the assurances they have sought and obtained in relation to the activities of the aligned Board Committee (Quality Improvement & Safety)
- Receiving briefings from Non-Executive Directors on notable risks or concerns that the Committee have sought additional assurance on, and / or escalated to the Board of Directors
- To receive this information and feedback on the Committee’s activity to the Governors Council
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The People Committee is responsible for:
- Hearing from Non-Executive Directors on the assurances they have sought and obtained in relation to the activities of the aligned Board Committee (People)
- Receiving briefings from Non-Executive Directors on notable risks or concerns that the Committee have sought additional assurance on, and / or escalated to the Board of Directors
- To receive this information and feedback on the Committee’s activity to the Governors Council