Board & Committee Structure
Trust Board
Audit
Committee
Remuneration
Committee
Safety
&
Quality
Committee
Workforce
Committee
Finance
&
Performance
Committee
Integrated
Risk
&
Governance
Committee
Strategy
Committee
Charitable
Funds
Committee
Audit
Frequency of Meetings : Six meetings per annum
Chair: Paul Cartwright
Executive lead: Chief Financial Officer
Purpose
To provide assurance to the Board:
•on all aspects of internal and
external audit;
•that effective assurance controls,
structures, systems and processes
for integrated governance, risk
management and internal controls
are in place
•on the appointment of the internal
and external auditors
Membership
Three Non-Executives Directors (one
member is the Chair of the
Committee)
Attendees
•Chief Financial Officer
•Deputy Chief Executive
•Medical Director
•Deputy Director of Finance
•Director of Transformation
•Internal audit
•External audit
Remuneration
Frequency of meetings : As required
Chair: Phil Townsend, Deputy Chair
Executive lead: Director of Workforce
Purpose
Membership
All Non Executive Directors
To provide assurance to the Board:
• On the remuneration, allowances
and other terms and conditions of
office for the Trust's Executive
Directors and to recommend and
monitor the structure of remuneration,
including setting;
• on succession planning for the
Executive Team
Attendees
Chief Executive
Director of Workforce
Safety & Quality
Principal Risk
PR1
Frequency of meetings : Bi-monthly
Chair: Trust Chair or Deputy Chair
Executive lead: Chief Nurse
Purpose
To provide assurance to the Board:
•on safety and excellence in patient care;
•on the effective and efficient use of
resources through evidence-based
clinical practice;
•on health and safety aspects
•on the effectiveness of information
governance arrangements
Membership
Three Non-Executives Directors (one member is
the Chair of the Committee)
Chief Executive
Medical Director
Chief Nurse
Deputy Chief Executive
Director of Transformation
Attendees
Director of Workforce
Deputy Director of Transformation
Director of Communications
Chief Information Officer
AD Quality Governance and Risk
Chief Pharmacist
Clinical Divisional Directors
Director of Environment
Chief Information Officer
Associate Medical Director for Clinical Standards
Workforce
Principal Risk
PR2
Frequency of meetings : Bi-monthly
Chair: Ginny Edwards
Executive lead: Director of Workforce
Purpose
Membership
Three Non-Executives Directors (one
To provide assurance to the Board:
member is the Chair of the
Committee)
• on all aspects of workforce,
Chief Executive
organisational development and
Deputy Chief Executive
learning development
Chief Nurse
• that the structures, systems and
Medical Director
processes are in place and functioning Director of Workforce
to support the workforce
Chief Financial Officer
• that organisational development or
learning development risks and issues Attendees
are being managed in a controlled way Chair of Staff Side
•on pay and agency costs
Associate Medical Director for
•on medical education
Education
Principal Risk
Finance & Performance
PR3 / PR4 / PR5
PR6 / PR7
Frequency of meetings : Monthly
Chair: John Brougham
Executive lead: Chief Finance Officer
Purpose
To provide assurance to the Board:
• on the financial strategy and plans to
ensure long term financial viability, including
IT investment
• on performance against the annual plan
• on financial risks and risk management
arrangements
• on the efficiency programme
•on business continuity plans
•on operational estates and the capital
programme
•cash and funding
•procurement
Membership
Three Non-Executives Directors (one
member is the Chair of the Committee
Chief Executive
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Information Officer
Deputy Chief Executive
Chief Nurse
Medical Director
Attendees
Director of Workforce
Director of Communications
Patient representatives
Deputy Director of Finance
Director of Environment
Director of Transformation
Chair of Staffside
Integrated Risk & Governance ALL
Principal Risk
Frequency of Meetings : Monthly
Chair: Phil Townsend
Executive lead: Director of Transformation
Purpose
Membership
To provide assurance to the Board:
Three Non-Executives Directors (one
member is the Chair of the
Committee)
All Executive Directors
• on the management of risks within
the Trust, including the controls in
place and the progress on mitigating
actions
• that the corporate risk register and
Board Assurance Framework are
maintained and updated appropriately
Attendees
To be invited as required
Principal Risk
Strategy
PR8 / PR9
Frequency of meetings : Quarterly
Chair: Trust Chair or Deputy Chair
Executive lead: Director of Transformation
Purpose
To provide assurance to the Board:
•on the development and oversight of
the long term clinical, financial, IT
and estates strategy (annual plan)
•on relationships and communication
with key external stakeholders
Membership
All Board members
Attendees
Associate Director of Clinical
Strategy
Chief Executive, Herts Valleys
Clinical Commissioning Group
Chair of Staffside
Patient representatives
Herts County Council
Charitable Funds
Frequency of meetings : Quarterly
Chair: Jonathan Rennison
Executive lead: Chief Finance Officer
Purpose
Membership
To provide assurance to the Board:
Three Non-Executives Directors (one
member is the Chair of the
• that robust processes are in place to
Committee)
manage charitable funds and to ensure
Chief Financial Officer
they are implemented;
• that donated funds donated are utilised in Chief Nurse
Director of Communications
a way that takes into account any
stipulations set out by donors and ensure
best value is obtained from the funds
donated;
• that further donations are being
encouraged
•that systems comply with regulation and
governance of NHS Charities
Attendees
Fundraiser
Financial Controller
Representative from League of
Friends
Trust Executive Committee
(TEC)
Frequency of meetings : 3 meetings per month
Day/time of meetings: 9am – 11am Wednesday morning
Key areas of focus:
• Business cases (capital and
revenue)
• Integrated performance report
• Feedback from clinical advisory
group
• Progress on Listening into Action
programme
• Operational issues
• Workforce updates
• Finance, efficiency and capital
programme
Membership
•All Executive Directors
•All Divisional Directors
•Associate Medical Directors
Attendees
•Divisional managers to attend as
required
This will be part of the
governance structure with
delegated authority from the
Board to make decisions
Trust Leadership Executive
Committee (TLEC)
Frequency of meetings : 1 meeting per month
Day/time of meetings: 9.30am – 12noon Thursday morning
Membership
Key areas of focus:
• Strategy development
•Your Care, Your Future
•Clinical strategy
•Watford Health Campus
• Topic specific engagement,
e.g. risk management,
Listening into Action
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All Executive Directors
All Divisional Directors
Associate Medical Directors
Heads of Nursing
Chief Pharmacist
Divisional Managers
Clinical Directors
Associate Director of Quality Governance
Deputy Director of Transformation
Deputy Director of Finance
Head of Service Planning