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Consultations
l Providing patient stories
Remuneration Report
Information not subject to audit
Appointments and Remuneration
Committee
We apply the principles of good corporate
governance in relation to the Directors’
remuneration defined in the Companies Act 2006
and interpreted for NHS Foundation Trusts.
The remuneration, terms and conditions of
employment of Executive Directors are determined
by the Appointments and Remuneration
Committee, a committee of the Board of Directors.
The Committee is chaired by the Trust Chairman
and members include two Non-Executive Directors.
The Chief Executive Officer and the Company
Secretary attend by invitation to provide advice
and assist the Committee in their consideration of
matters such as succession planning.
During 2012/13 we consulted with YPAG, children,
young people, patients, parents and families on:
l New CAMHS website; Feeback App
l Dignity Giving Suits
l Outpatient department redesign
l Outpatient Pharmacy design and name
(Medicine Chest)
l Specialist Hospital Services
l NHS Constitution development
l Theatre pathway project.
Children, young people, patients, parents and
families have also participated in:
l Outpatient Department Redesign Steering
Group
l Delivering training for staff on participation and
learning disability issues
l Learning Disabilities Steering Group
l Development of a parent drop-in session
l Emergency Care Pathway development
l Patient handover project
l ‘Shine’ project to develop a tool to measure
parental concerns about their child’s condition
l Leukaemia multi-disciplinary team user survey.
We have also engaged with the Health Overview
and Scrutiny Committee on our future strategy.
Future Developments
In 2012/13 we plan to:
l Develop our Rare Diseases Strategy;
l Commence capital works for the expansion
of theatres, PICU and cancer services and
improvements in the Emergency and main
Outpatients departments
l Develop with our partners a Birmingham
Children’s Network, that enables high quality,
high value health care for children and young
people across Birmingham
l Develop a cultural barometer
l Implement an E-Prescribing system
l Develop our Advanced Nurse Practitioner
workforce.
Table 5: Appointments and Remuneration Committee Attendance 2012/13
Appointments & Remuneration Committee – Members’ attendance 2012/13
Member Sept 2012 Nov 2012 Total
Keith Lester, Interim Chairman 4 4 2/2
Judith Green Senior Independent Director* n/a 4 1/1
Elaine Simpson, Non-Executive Director 4 4 2/2
Roger Peace, Non-Executive Director 4 n/a 1/1
* Judith Green replaced Roger Peace on the Committee in November 2012.
When determining the remuneration of
Directors, the Appointments and Remuneration
Committee considered the advice provided by the
Department of Health in relation to the uplift in
salaries for senior managers, referred to national
benchmarking information and took into account
the recommendations of the NHS Review Body.
In line with the national pay freeze, the Directors
did not receive a remuneration increase in
2012/13. The Directors did not receive the national
pay uplift of 1% from 1 April 2013.
No element of the remuneration of Executive
Directors is subject to performance conditions,
although performance is reviewed through the
appraisal process. There are no non-cash benefits
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or elements of remuneration that are not cash,
other than the Lease Car Scheme. All contracts are
permanent with notice periods of six months.
The terms and conditions of contract and the
remuneration of the Chairman and Non-Executive
Directors are determined by the Nominations
Committee, a committee of the Council of Governors
(see page 82). Non-executive directors receive no
benefits or entitlements other than expenses and are
not entitled to termination payments.
The appointment of the Chairman and Non-
Executive Directors can be terminated by the
agreement of the majority of the Council of
Governors at a general meeting of the Council of
Governors.