Governors

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.

Partner Governors

West Northamptonshire Council - Laura Couse

North Northamptonshire Council - Brian Benneyworth

The University of Northampton - Claire Clinker

REACH Collaborative - Sharon Womersley

Older People - Age UK Northamptonshire -Chris Duff

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 5 February 2026, 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.

December 2025 Council of Governors meeting recording

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.

Find out more about becoming a Governor

Please contact us on 03000 273981 if you would like to discuss becoming a Governor.

For general information about our Governor elections, please visit our Governor elections page.

Governor elections information

Recent Governor election results and election documents can be found in our Governor elections documents folder.

Governor elections documents