Organisation
The Trust has a Board of Directors comprising eleven statutory members including the Chairman (currently Dominic Dodd) and Chief Executive (currently David Sloman) of the Trust. The role of the Board is to consider the key strategic and managerial issues facing the Trust in carrying out its statutory and other functions. The Chief Executive is responsible for the overall performance of the executive functions of the Trust.
The Trust also has a council of governors which is responsible for working with the board of directors to produce plans for the future development of the trust; and receiving, at a public meeting, copies of the trust's annual accounts, auditor's reports and annual reports. The council of governors is composed of 25 members, of whom 6 are elected members from the public constituency, 5 are elected members from the staff constituency and 7 are elected members from the patient constituency.
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