Annual Report and Accounts - The Great Western Hospital

5.1.11 Council of Governors Meetings Structure
The Council of Governors has established the following working groups: -
• Finance Working Group
• Membership Working Group
• Nominations and Remuneration Working Group
• Patient Experience Working Group
The purpose of the working groups is to inform governors about activities and issues relevant to each
area and provide an opportunity for governors to seek further information. They allow governors a
means of influencing decisions and provide a vehicle for challenge and scrutiny of action and activities
by the Board.
In addition there is an Annual Members Meeting where the annual report and accounts are presented.
At this meeting governors are briefed on the overall performance of the Trust in the previous year and
the governors provide feedback to the Board of Directors.
The meetings structure of the Council of Governors is shown below.
TABLE - Meeting structure
Council
of Governors
Finance Working
Group
This group meets
quarterly to be
briefed on the
financial situation of
the Trust. If the
Council of
Governors needs to
sign off financial
documents, the
Finance Working
Group is briefed first
and views are fed
back to the Council
of Governors.
Membership
Working Group
This group meets
quarterly to discuss
the Trust’s
membership
demographic and
how to increase
membership and
engaged with
members. This
group oversees the
progress of the
membership
strategy.
Nominations and
Remuneration
Working Group
This group meets
as necessary,
however as a
minimum at least
two meetings
should be held per
year. The Group
receives reports on
the appraisals of the
Chairman and the
Non-Executive
Directors.
Patient
Experience
Working Group
This group meets
quarterly to discuss
areas of
improvement for the
patient experience.
This group also
considers the Trust’s
quality accounts and
PICKER survey
results. Any aspects
relating to patient
safety and
experience are fed
back to the Council
of Governors.
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