Part Two: The Classes Of Information That We Hold

2. Who we are

Organisation of the Trust
The Trust is working in a franchise partnership with the private sector company, Secta. The Chief Executive’s role in the Trust is undertaken by Anne Heast, a Secta employee. The contract between Secta and the Trust is for three years.

The Trust Board oversees the work of the organisation. Our Trust Board has six Non-Executive Directors, including the Chairman, and nine Executive Director posts, including the Chief Executive. These members of the Trust Board have voting rights and legal responsibility for oversight of the work of the Trust.

Our Non-Executive and Executive Directors are listed below.

Non-Executive Directors
Sir Bernard Zissman, Chairman
John Hannah
David Powell
Najma Razaq
Geoff Morrell
Jenny Brown

Executive Directors
Anne Heast, Chief Executive
Tim Smythe, Finance Director
Linda Tomkins, Nursing Director
David Churchill, Medical Director
Ken Hutchinson, Human Resources Director
Andrew Walker, Operations Director
Frances Fuller, Performance Director
Colin Innes, Information Director

The Chairman and Chief Executive of Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust can be contacted at Trust Headquarters, Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B75 7RR. Tel: 0121 378 2211

A top-level management structure is available on our website, www.goodhope.org.uk which gives details of all our key personnel.

The Trust is able to provide the public with details of our organisational structure, including information about the Trust Board. We are also able to provide access to or copies of our:

• Register of Interests
• Establishment Orders
• Standing Orders
• Standing Financial Instructions
• Scheme of Delegation
• Codes of Conduct and other Governance Documents

Executive Committee
The Trust, in addition to the Trust Board, has an Executive Committee, which meets weekly to discuss the strategic and operational issues of the Trust.

Operational Meetings are held weekly by the Operations Director and attended by General Managers. These meetings discuss operational matters within the Trust.

A Joint Management Team meets on a monthly basis to discuss management matters with Clinicians.

Corporate Governance
The Trust Board, which has adopted the recommended Code of Conduct for NHS Boards, approved the setting up of the following sub-groups with powers to act on its behalf:

Remuneration and Terms of Service Committee

Audit Committee

Clinical Governance Committee

Trustee Committee/Investment Panel (governed by the Charity Commissioners)

Other sections

1. About the Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust
2. Who we are
3. Financial and Funding Information
4. Corporate Information
5. Aims, Targets and Achievements
6. Our Services
7. Reports and Independent Enquiries
8. Policies and Procedures
9. Public Involvement and Consultation
10. Regular Publications and Information for the Public
11. Complaints
12. Human Resources
13. Communications with the Press and Media Releases
14. Environmental Information
15. This Publication Scheme

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