Governors

Our Council of Governors represents the interests of staff, patients, public, service users and carers, as well as other local organisations in the running of our Foundation Trust. The Council is largely made up of representatives covering all the districts and boroughs of the county. The Board of Governors meets regularly to discuss and review the Trust’s plans. Contact the Foundation Trust Office if you would like to know more about becoming a Governor.

What they do

The Council of Governors is a very important forum that helps shape the future direction of the Trust.

Members of the public, patients, service users, carers, and staff are all encouraged to get in touch with our Governors to improve the way we work and deliver services. You can contact any of our Governors via our Foundation Trust office. You can be confident that our Governors will always treat what you tell them sensitively and confidentially when needed. Your experiences, views and suggestions can really help the Trust to make services better for everyone. The Council of Governors meets regularly to discuss and review the Trust’s plans. Other roles and responsibilities for the Council of Governors are:

Representing members’ views to the Trust’s board of directors
Sharing information about key decisions with members of the Trust
Appointing or removing the chair and non-executive directors
Being involved in recruitment of the chief executive
Appointing the Trust’s auditors
Providing advice on the future strategic plans of the Trust
Receiving the annual report and accounts at the annual general meeting.

Council of Governors meetings

As an NHS Foundation Trust, we put quality and safety at the foundation of everything we do. This is why we are currently holding our Council of Governors meetings virtually. For our forthcoming meetings, we have put in place a live event which will enable our members to watch and to ask questions.

Listed below are the dates for our future Council of Governors meetings:

Thursday 14 March 2024, 10:30am to 2pm (via Microsoft Teams)
Thursday 13 June 2024, 3pm to 6pm (via Microsoft Teams)
Thursday 22 August 2024, 10:30am to 1pm (via Microsoft Teams)
Monday 23 September 2024, 5:30pm to 7pm: AGM of CoG/Annual Public and Members meeting (via Microsoft Teams)
Thursday 10 October 2024, 3pm to 6pm (via Microsoft Teams)
Thursday 12 December 2024, 10:30am to 2pm: (via Microsoft Teams)
Thursday 6 February 2025, 3pm to 6pm: (via Microsoft Teams)

If you wish to ask a question or attend the Council of Governors meeting, please e-mail FoundationTrust@nhft.nhs.uk.

Recording of previous meetings are currently provided as a reference and are uploaded as soon as is feasibly and technically possible following the meeting.

The recording of our January 2024 Council of Governors meeting can be watched below:

Meet our Governors

Public Governors

Kettering & Corby - Simon Davey | Sharan Madeley

Daventry & South Northants - Adam Webb | Marcella Daye

Northampton - Rupal Shah | Pete Spink | John Wishart

Wellingborough & East Northants - Ranjit Singh | Robyn Cutforth

Rest of England - Michael Fanning

Patient and Carer Governors

Staff Governors

Richard Amponsah | Mike Boodhun | Anupama (Anu) Goonesekera | Sheila Begley | Heba Kadir

Partner Governors

West Northamptonshire Council - Cllr Matt Golby

North Northamptonshire Council - Cllr Dorothy Maxwell

The University of Northampton - Roshni Khatri

REACH Collaborative - Sharon Womersley

Older People - Age UK Northamptonshire - Sue Watts

Carer - Mark Major

Becoming a governor

Our next round of Governor elections will open in early 2022. Please check back here for more information about the seats that will be open for nomination.

Click here to find out more about becoming a Governor.

Please contact us on 03000 273981 if you would like to discuss becoming a Governor. More information about what is involved in being a Governor is available on the NHS Providers website.