Sub-committees of the BoD

The Remuneration Committee has delegated responsibility for the remuneration, terms of service and succession planning for the Trusts chief executive and executive directors.  Its responsibilities include all aspects of salary, provision of benefits including pensions and contractual terms including cessation of employment. The nomination and selection of candidates for appointment as chief executive or executive director is undertaken separately by an appointment committee.

The Committee is chaired by Sue Glew, Non-Executive Director, and all other Non-Executive Directors (including the Chair) are members.

The audit and risk committee (ARC) is an assurance committee of the Board of Directors (the Board). Its primary focus is to provide objective assurance that effective arrangements are in place across the Trust and its subsidiaries (the Group) for governance and internal control.

ARC provides the Board with a means of independent and objective review of financial and corporate governance, assurance processes and risk management across the whole of the Trust’s activities (clinical and non-clinical) both generally and in support of the annual governance statement. In addition, the Committee:

• Champions and promotes highly effective risk management and ensures that the risk management process and culture are embedded throughout the Trust;
• Improves the standard of decision making on risk management throughout the Trust;
• Maximises patient safety through effective and integrated control systems;
• Ensures that appropriate standards are set and compliance with them is monitored, in non-financial, non-clinical areas that fall within the remit of the Committee;
• Monitors corporate governance (e.g. compliance with terms of authorisation, constitution, codes of conduct, standing orders, standing financial instructions, maintenance of register of interests);
• Provides assurance of independence for external and internal audit.

The Committee is chaired by Ian Ailles, Non-Executive Director, and two other Non-Executive Directors are members.

The finance & performance committee (FPC) is an assurance committee of the Board of Directors (the Board). Its primary focus is to provide objective assurance that the systems for financial and performance management are robust and effective. In addition, the Committee provides oversight for the processes identified in the NHSI/E document ‘A New Approach to Non-Executive Director Champion Roles’ 2021 which identified roles for this committee in relation to:

• Procurement – understanding the scope, priorities and challenges of procurement helping to raise awareness of commercial matters and facilitate discussions that identify benefits and supporting Procurement Target Operating Model.
• Oversee Cyber Security providing check and challenge and reviewing risks and mitigation.
• Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR): assurance that the organisation has allocated sufficient experienced and qualified resource to EPRR.

The Committee is chaired by Keith Nurcombe, Non-Executive Director, and two other Non-Executive Directors are members.

The quality assurance committee (QAC) is an assurance committee of the Board of Directors (the Board). Its primary focus is to provide objective assurance that the systems for the strategic delivery of all aspects of the Trust’s quality agenda and strategies are robust and effective. In addition, the Committee provides oversight for the processes identified in the NHSI/E document ‘A New Approach to Non-Executive Director Champion Roles’ 2021 which identified roles for this committee in relation to:

• Doctors Disciplinary: The Chair of the Committee has designated non-executive oversight of the doctors’ disciplinary process.
• Hip Fractures, Falls & Dementia linked hip fractures & falls: the Committee provides oversight of the Trusts protocols to ensure patient safety, prevention, and risk management in this area.
• Palliative and end of life care (PEoLC): providing assurance to Board that the Trust is aware of, and adhering to, standard of care in relation to PEoLC and reviewing PEoLC complaints.
• Resuscitation: providing assurance that the resuscitation policy is agreed, implemented and regularly reviewed within the clinical governance framework.
• Learning from Deaths:  providing assurance on the implementation of the learning from deaths framework.
• Health & Safety: scrutiny of and assurance to Board of the quality of health and safety structures within the Trust.
• Safeguarding: scrutiny of and assurance to Board of the Trust’s safeguarding performance.
• Safety & Risk: provide scrutiny of and assurance to Board of the Trusts governance of safety.
• Children & Young People: provide scrutiny & assurance to the Board of the Trust’s governance structure to ensure the appropriate care of children & young people.

The Committee is chaired by Jayne Stringfellow, Non-Executive Director & Senior Independent Director, and two other Non-Executive Directors are members.

The people assurance committee (PC) is an assurance committee of the Board of Directors (the Board). Its primary focus is to provide objective assurance that the systems for the strategic delivery of all aspects of the Trust’s people and organisational development agenda and strategies are robust and effective. In addition, the Committee provides oversight for the processes identified in the NHSI/E document ‘A New Approach to Non-Executive Director Champion Roles’ 2021 which identified roles for this committee in relation to:

• Security Management – Violence & Aggression: ensuring that health & wellbeing strategies within the Trust consider staff wellbeing support following incidents of violence & aggression.
• Wellbeing Guardian: to provide assurance to the Board that the Trust is a wellbeing organisation and a healthy workplace in which NHS staff and learners can work and thrive, by scrutinising the organisation’s activities from a health and wellbeing perspective and acting as a critical friend.

The Committee is chaired by Jeremy Wight, Non-Executive Director, and two other Non-Executive Directors are members.