The Council of Governors at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is made up of 28 Governors, all of whom can be contacted by emailing corporate.governance@mcht.nhs.uk
The Council of Governors has four main roles & responsibilities:
- Advisory, by communicating to the Board of Directors the wishes of members and the wider community
- Guardianship, by ensuring that the Trust is operating in accordance with its Principal Purpose and is compliant with its Authorisation. In this regard it acts in a trustee role for the welfare of the organisation
- Strategic, by advising on a longer term direction to help the Board of Directors effectively determine its policies.
- Membership, to represent the interests of Members.
The Directors of the Trust are accountable to those people that really matter - the local population and the patients, through the Council of Governors to the Members.
Other roles of the Council of Governors include:
- representing Members’ views on the Trust’s development
- participating in a wide range of activities linked to Trust services
- putting forward views to the Board of Directors regarding annual plans of the Trust
- approving the Trust’s annual report and accounts
- appointing (or if necessary removing) the Chair, Non-Executive Directors and Chief Executive
Our Governors
Any Member aged 16 and over is eligible to stand as a Governor representing their constituency. Governors are elected for a maximum term of three years; they can be re-elected but no Governor would serve for longer than nine years in total.
Public Constituency
Governors comprising:
- Crewe and South Cheshire
- Northwich and region
- Cheshire Borders
Staff and Volunteers Constituency
Seven Governors comprising:
- one elected by Medical Practitioners and Dental Staff class Members
- one elected by Qualified Nursing and Midwifery Staff class Members
- one elected by Other Professionally Qualified Clinical Staff class Members
- one elected by Clinical Support Staff class Members
- one elected by Non-clinical Support Staff class Members
- one elected by Staff Belonging to Recognised Staff Organisations and Trades Unions
- one elected by Volunteers class Members
Appointed Governors
In addition to elected Governors, we appoint Governors nominated by local stakeholder organisations. They are appointed for a maximum term of three years. We have one appointed Governor from each of the following organisations:
- Chamber of Commerce (VACANT)
- Cheshire East Council
- Cheshire West & Chester Council
- Community and Voluntary Sector (VACANT)
Register of Interests
A register of all interests declared by the Council of Governors is available by visiting https://mcht.mydeclarations.co.uk/
Minutes of Meetings
Minutes of Council of Governors meetings are available by clicking here.