Council of Governors

The role of the Council of Governors

The Council of Governors is made up of 54 elected and non-elected Governors who represent the interests of the public, staff and a range of other organisations.

The Council of Governors meets at least 4 times a year and has the following responsibilities:

• Advisory – communicating to the board the wishes of members and the wider community
• Guardianship – ensuring the trust is operating in accordance with its Terms of Authorisation
• Strategic – advising on the longer-term direction to help the board effectively determine its policies

In particular the Council of Governors:

• Develops the membership of the trust and represent the interests of members
• Gives the views of the Council of Governors to the board for the purposes of the preparation of the trust’s forward planning in respect of each financial year
• Appoints non-executive directors including chair and deputy chair
• Remuneration of the chair and other non-executive directors
• Responds to matters of consultation from the Board of Directors
• Consider the trust’s annual accounts
• Appointment of the trust’s auditors

Please note – Governors cannot deal with individual complaints or act as advocates. If you have a complaint about the care you or someone that you look after has received please contact our complaints service.