Directors’ Report
Our Trust Board, consisting of our Chair, five Non-Executive Directors, the CEO and four Executive Director members, is the corporate decision-making body of the Trust. Being accountable for all strategic, operational, and financial decision-making, and has powers to delegate and make arrangements to exercise any of its appropriate functions through a Sub-Committee.
Our Trust Board and Sub-Committee structure during 2021 - 2022
Audit Committee
- Auditing compliance
- Internal/external audit
- Financial systems
- Internal control (standing orders, scheme of delegation, reservation of powers), BGAF
- Risk assurance
- Process for monitoring compliance regulation, legislation
- Security management
- Systems and processes
- Annual report / account including charity
- Declarations
- Information governance
- Counter fraud
- Assurance of board sub-committees
- Data quality and security
Remuneration and Nomination
- Determining arrangements for remuneration, terms and conditions and performance criteria for the CEO and Executive team
- Non-contractual payment arrangements
- CEO and Executive Directors succession planning
- Trust Board structure, size and composition
- Appointments panel for executive directors
Quality Governance
- Clinical quality, safety and effectiveness
- Patient experience
- Clinical audit
- Research and innovation
- Ethics
- Quality account
- CQC registration and compliance
- Learning from experience
- Serious incidents
- Medicine management
- Infection, prevention and control
- Safeguarding
- Mandatory clinical training
- Private ambulance oversight
Performance and Finance
- Delivery of objectives for finance and performance
- Capital development
- Quality cost improvement programmes
- Financial statements and investments
- Activity and performance analytics
- Information management and technology
- Patient Transport Service provision
Workforce
- Culture
- Workforce performance and development
- Recruitment and retention
- Vetting and barring
- Health, safety and wellbeing
- Employee relations casework and employee tribunals
- Training and education
- OFSTED compliance
- Gender pay gap
- Equality Act compliance
- Workforce Race Equality Standards
- Workforce Disability Standards
Transformation
- Programme and project management
- Strategy development oversight
- Programme delivery
- Sustainable transformation plan progression in line with the NHS Long Term Plan
- Strategy progression assurance
- Digital strategy progression
- Estates, Fleet, Make Ready strategy suite progression
People Engagement
- Patient and public involvement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Staff engagement and inclusion
- Vision and values assurance
- Accessible information standards
- Staff survey
Our Board and Sub-Committee Evaluation
The Board and its sub-committees review their effectiveness formally on a yearly basis through an approved evaluation process. Within the 2021- 2022 year, the effectiveness reviews were undertaken in February and reported to Board in March 2022. Development plans were prepared to address the findings from the committee reviews.
In accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, the Board holds its meeting in public every other month. The agenda and reports for the Board are published on the website and available to the public ahead of the meeting.
Board Member Declarations of Interest for 2021 - 2022
Name and Position
|
Declaration of Interests |
Board Term of Office | |
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From |
To | ||
Nicola Scrivings |
Chair of Cambridge Housing Society Limited (CHS) Group – (Ceased September 2021 |
18/11/2019 |
17/11/2022 |
Alison Wigg Non-Executive Director |
Partner works for BT - Trust Supplier Chair of Strategic Digital Investment and Assurance Board for Suffolk and North East Essex |
15/01/2018 |
14/01/2024 |
Carolan Davidge |
Sole Director - Carolan Davidge Ltd |
04/07/2019 |
03/06/2022 |
Julie Thallon |
Owner and Director - Meraki interim Solutions |
04/01/2021 |
03/01/2024 |
Mrunal Sisodia |
Director and Co-Chair- National network of Parent Cover Forums |
01/05/2020 |
30/04/2023 |
Neville Hounsome |
Member - NHS Pay review Body Associate Gatenby Sanderson |
10/07/2019 |
09/07/2024 |
Wendy Thomas |
Magistrate for the North Essex Bench |
04/07/2019 |
03/07/2023 |
Kiran Mahil |
Senior Position - Nationwide |
01//04/2021 |
31/03/2024 |
Victoria Corbishley |
Director of Health and Local Crisis Response - Red Cross |
01/02/2021 |
30/01/2024 |
Tom Abell |
Deputy Chair and Trustee of National Aids Manual (NAM) Aidsmap |
02/08/2021 |
|
Juliet Beal Director of Nursing (interim) |
Nil |
4/11/2020 |
03/05/2022 |
Kevin Smith |
Nil
|
01/06/2014 |
|
Marcus Bailey |
Nil
|
01/03/2019 |
|
Marika Stephenson
|
Enterprise advisor - strategic support schools on careers (role approved prior to commencement) |
01/12/2021 |
|
Melissa Dowdeswell Director of Nursing |
Nil |
08/03/2022 |
|
Simon Walsh
|
Clinical Lead at Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust Consultant in Emergency Medicine – Barts Health |
01/12/2021 |
|
Tom Davis Acting CEO/Medical Director |
Board member, Hertfordshire Independent Living Service (HILS, social enterprise) Retainer of GP status at Wendover Health Centre Club Secretary - Mursley United FC
|
02/02/2018 |
02/08/2021 |
Bob Champion (interim)
|
Nil |
08/04/2021 |
14/12/2021 |
Board/Sub-Committee composition and membership attendance 2021 – 2022
Membership and Attendance |
Public Board Formal Meeting |
Private Board Formal Meeting |
Audit Committee |
Performance and Finance Committee |
Workforce Committee |
Quality Governance Committee |
Remuneration and Terms of Service Committee |
People Engagement Committee |
Transformation Committee |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chair |
Nicola Scrivings |
Mrunal Sisodia |
Julie Thallon |
Neville Hounsome |
Wendy Thomas |
Alison Wigg |
Carolan Davidge |
Alison Wigg
|
|
Executive Lead |
Chief Executive Officer |
Director of Finance |
Chief Operating Officer/ Director of Finance |
Director of Workforce |
Director of Nursing/ Medical Director |
Chief Executive Officer |
Director of Workforce |
Director of Finance |
|
Nicola Scrivings |
6/6 |
12/12 |
|
|
|
|
7/7 |
|
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Alison Wigg
|
5/6 |
11/12 |
|
|
6/7 |
|
7/7 |
|
4/4 |
Carolan Davidge
|
6/6 |
12/12 |
5/5 |
6/6 |
|
|
7/7 |
3/4 |
|
Julie Thallon
|
6/6 |
11/12 |
|
5/6 |
6/7 |
|
6/7 |
|
4/4 |
Mrunal Sisodia
|
6/6 |
11/12 |
5/5 |
|
|
6/7 |
5/7 |
|
¾ |
Neville Hounsome
|
5/6 |
11/12 |
|
|
7/7 |
|
6/7 |
4/4 |
|
Wendy Thomas |
6/6 |
11/12 |
4/5 |
|
|
7/7 |
7/7 |
4/4 |
|
Tom Abell |
5/5 |
8/8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bob Champion |
5/5 |
8/8 |
|
|
5/5 |
|
|
2/2 |
|
Juliet Beal |
5/6 |
9/12 |
|
|
|
5/6 |
|
|
|
Kevin Smith |
6/6 |
11/12 |
4/5 |
4/6 |
|
|
|
|
4/4 |
Marika Stephenson |
3/3 |
5/5 |
|
|
2/2 |
|
|
1/1 |
|
Marcus Bailey |
5/6 |
10/12 |
|
5/6 |
|
7/7 |
|
|
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Melissa Dowdeswell |
1/1 |
1/1 |
|
|
|
1/1 |
|
|
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Simon Walsh |
3/3 |
5/5 |
|
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|
2/2 |
|
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Tom Davis |
3/4 |
6/6 |
|
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|
2/4 |
|
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As far as I am aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Trust’s auditors are unaware, and I have taken all the steps that I ought to have taken to make myself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the entity’s auditors are aware of that information.
To the best of my knowledge and belief, I have properly discharged the responsibilities set out in the NHS Foundation Trust Accounting Officer Memorandum.
Tom Abell
Chief Executive Officer