Remuneration and Nomination Committee Assurance Report - July 2025
Meeting: Trust Board – Public Meeting
Date: 9 July 2025
Report Title: Remuneration and Nomination Committee Assurance Report
Agenda Item: PUB25/07/6.4
Committee Date: 30 April 2025 and 21 May 2025
Meeting Chair: Catherine Glickman, Non-Executive Director and Committee Chair
Meeting quorate: YES
Purpose: Assurance
Link to Strategic Objective: Be an exceptional place to work, volunteer and learn.
Summary of items considered at the meeting:
| Issue | Consideration | Resolution | Assurance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance-Related Pay | Proposals to make full awards under the performance-related pay structure to members of the Executive Leadership team were recommended to the Committee. | The recommendations were unanimously supported, together with the alignment of the performance periods to the financial year. | |
| CEO Objectives 2025/26 | The objectives are aligned to operational delivery and cultural improvement: included this year are Digital, strengthening Governance, and leading a reshaped Executive Leadership team. | The Committee were impressed by the clear, measurable objectives which were outcome focussed. It was agreed they would be signed off once the impact of the cost efficiency decisions were made, expected early June. | |
| Organisation Structure | The CEO briefed the Committee how the structure aligned to the strategic change plan, including digital innovation. Recruitment to the Executive leadership roles was on track – applicants for all roles were strong and the CEO was confident that we would be able to appoint to the roles. | The Committee considered the role of the Finance and Performance Director, specifically the experience and qualities we would be recruiting for and discussed the onboarding later in the year. | |
| Trust overall | The Committee discussed Trust morale overall as a result of the announcements on cost management and structural changes within the NHS. | ||
| Fit and Proper Persons Report 2025-26 | The Trust Chair presented the 2025/26 return, noting this was substantially complete and compliant, with two small actions outstanding. | The Committee approved the report for submission in June, subject to finalising the outstanding points. | |
| Executive Team Update | The CEO updated the Committee on the successful recruitment of the Digital Director. Strong candidate lists had been received for the posts of Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director. The CEO reflected on the governance brief and whether, given the focus on cost management, this could be managed in a different way, provided the necessary expertise to support the Board was in place. | The Committee approved the appointment and salary of the Digital Director. The Committee welcomed the news there was a strong pool of qualified candidates. The Committee supported a review of the Governance role and discussed a number of other organisational options. | |
| Employment Tribunal and Employee Relations Case Update | The Chief People Officer informed the Committee on an ET settlement that was being concluded. She also indicated that management of ER caseload and resolution should improve in the near future as resources were targeted at this. | The Committee noted the update: they discussed whether, as a result of leadership development, there were less cases linked to historical cultural issues, which the CPO confirmed there were, but there were still areas to progress. | Reasonable |
| Executive Director Objectives 2025/26 | The CEO presented the objectives agreed with the Executive Directors for 2025/26 and the Committee were invited to comment on them. | The Committee were impressed by the clarity and ‘SMARTness’ of the objectives. Each director’s objectives were discussed in turn, with some suggestions on overall objectives discussed at the end. The CEO agreed to incorporate the comments into the objectives, and they were approved for 2025/26. | Reasonable |
Matters for escalation or referral:
None
