Focus Magazine - Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Governors approved a range of recommendationsand proposals related to their extended workprogramme and business agenda in recognition of theirnew statutory duties and responsibilities.The changes they have made to their extended work programmewill better support them in the delivery of their duties andresponsibilities and also support morefocussed engagement with staff, patientsand visitors. The Governors;■ Confirmed changes to their governorledworking groups and agreed that for2013 onwards there would be three keygroups focussed on:- Initiatives related to ‘improving thepatient experience’- CQC (Care Quality Commission)registration/ Monitor’s regulatoryregime and the Trust’s compliance inthese areas- Membership recruitment,development and engagement■ Agreed to continue their involvement inthe following areas of Trust activity:- Volunteers Forum- Charitable Funds Committee- Complaints Steering Group■ Agreed to the expansion of the ‘governor visits programme’ toinclude planned visits to wards and other clinical areas, non-clinicalsupport services and areas that make up our central supportservices. There would be an increased use of feedback and surveyforms as part of the visits programme to help gather the views ofmembers of the Trust.Governors Mohammad Yaqooband Maureen Sharpe visit ward 11as part of the governor ward visitsprogramme.Governors’ statutory duties & responsibilities■ Appoint and remove the Chairman & Non-Executive Directors■ Set the terms and conditions of remuneration of the Chairman &Non-Executive Directors■ Approve the appointment of the Chief Executive■ Appoint the external auditor■ Receive the annual accounts, auditors report, annual report■ Convene the Annual Members Meeting■ Be consulted on the forward plans (annual plan) of theorganisation■ Approve any proposed increases in private patient income of 5%or more in any financial yearFoundation Trust’sConstitutionGovernors have approved changes to theFoundation Trust’s constitution to reflect their newstatutory duties and other changes including therequirement for Board of Directors meetings to beheld in public. At the Annual Members Meetingin September 2013 (see page 15 for details)members will be asked to approve those changesto the constitution that relate to the duties andresponsibilities of Governors.Board of Directors 2013/2014Meetings ScheduleMeetings of the Board of Directors are now held in public and you are verywelcome to attend. The meetings run from 2.00pm to 4.00pm in the ConferenceRoom, Field House, Bradford Royal Infirmary.■ 25 September 2013■ 30 October 2013■ 27 November 2013■ 29 January 2014■ Represent the interests of the Members of the Trust as a whole andthe interests of the public■ May require one or more of the Directors to attend a Governors’meeting to obtain information about the Trust’s performance ofits functions or the Directors’ performance of their duties (and fordeciding whether to propose a vote on the Trust’s or Directors’performance)■ Approve ‘significant transactions’■ Approve an application by the Trust to enter into a merger,acquisition, separation or dissolution■ Approve amendments to the Trust’s constitution.■ 26 March 2014■ 30 April 2014■ 28 May 2014■ 30 July 2014■ 24 September 2014■ 29 October 2014■ 26 November 2014The agendas are posted onto the Trust website in advance of meeting as arethe minutes from previous meetings once confirmed by the Board.FOCUS August 2013 page 9