Governors
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 organisation.
Members of the public, patients, service users and carers, and staff are all encouraged to liaise 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 appropriate. The information you provide about 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 external
- 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
The Council of Governors meet regularly throughout the year in public. Dates and venues for future 2018 meetings are:
- Thursday 7 March 2019, 10.00am -13.00pm, Portland Room, Kettering Conference Centre, Kettering, NN15 6PB
- Thursday 16 May 2019, 10.00am - 13.00pm, Northampton venue
- Thursday 18 July 2019, 13.30pm - 16.30pm, Kettering venue
- Thursday 19 September 2019, 10.00am - 15.00pm, Northampton venue
- Thursday 21 November 2019, 10.00am - 13.00pm, Kettering venue
- Thursday 23 January 2020, 10.00am - 13.00pm, Northampton venue
- Thursday 12 March 10.00am - 13.00pm, Kettering venue
Papers for the meetings are available in the document section below.
Meet our Governors
Public Governors
Kettering & Corby - Richard Dobson | Chris Davison | Paul Joy
Daventry & South Northants - Michael Darling | Carol Philips | Gary Telford
Northampton - Howard Wood | Des Savage | Saher Anwar
Wellingborough & East Northants - Janet Hathaway | John Walker | David Robinson
Rest of England - Colin Cohen
Patient Governors
Younger Service Users - Bradley Devlin
Adult Service Users - Tremaine Richard-Noel | Tony Locock | Alan Clark | Beverley Sturdgess | Jane Petch | Kevin Boyce
Older Service Users - Margaret Horne
Carers Governors
Vacant | Vacant | Sandra Bemrose | Vacant
Staff Governors
Doctors & Dentists - Shahid Hussain
Registered Nurses - Cazz Broxton
Unregistered Nurses - Stuart Fitzgerald
Other Clinical - Kirsty Harris
Non Clinical - Samantha Benfield
Partner Governors
Northamptonshire County Council - Councillor Christina Smith-Haynes
Borough & District Councils - Councillor Rosemary Herring
The University of Northampton - John Turnbull
Criminal Justice Services - Vacant
Northamptonshire Rights & Equality Council - Martin Sawyer
Older People - Age UK Northamptonshire - Sue Watts
Becoming a governor
Please contact us on 01536 452257 if you would like to discuss becoming a Governor. More information about what is involved in being a Governor is available here: Governor information booklet[pdf] 617KB
Governor elections
Nominations for Governor elections closed on Friday 1st March please see here for a statement of candidates.
Voting will launch in the following constituencies on 25th March 2019 and will close on 17th April 2019:
- Younger service user
- Adult service user
- Public Wellingborough and East Northants
All members in this constituencies will have received either an email or postcard notifying of how to stand.
If you are not currently a member and are interested in standing or you do not believe you have received the notification please contact 01536 452061/452257 or email foundationtrust@nhft.nhs.uk for further information.
October/November 2018
Statement of Nominated Candidates.
Uncontested Report November 2018
Previous elections include:
Statement of Candidates March 2018
Uncontested report for March 2018 elections
February 2018
Notice of Election February 2018
ERS website for February 2018 elections
June
Notice of Election June 2017[pdf] 73KB
Statement of Candidates - 210717[pdf] 77KB
March
Notice of Election - 080317[pdf] 354KB
Statement of Candidates - 080317[pdf] 190KB
Notice of poll March 2017[pdf] 237KB
Report on voting - 210417[pdf] 199KB
Uncontested report March 2017[pdf] 198KB
March 2019
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