Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 - Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Governance Report6.5 Nomination CommitteeThe Nomination Committee is acommittee of the Council of Governorswith responsibility for:l reviewing the number of, and skillsrequired, for the non-executivedirectors in the context of the overallBoard composition and makingrecommendations to the Council ofGovernors on any changesl developing succession plans fornon-executive directors, takinginto account the challenges andopportunities facing the Trustl selecting candidates to fill vacanciesamong the non-executive directorsand recommending them to theCouncil of Governors for appointmentl making recommendations to theCouncil of Governors concerning there-appointment of any non-executivedirectors at the conclusion of theirspecified term of officeThe Nomination Committee met twice in2012/13 to consider the re-appointmentof three non-executive directors: two foran additional period of one year fromMarch 2013 and one for an additionalperiod of up to one year from June2013. There were no new appointmentsof non-executive directors in 2012/13;however candidates for non-executivedirectorship are identified in a numberof ways including advertisements inrelevant publications and external searchagencies.The table on the right shows the numberof meetings of the committee at whichthe non-executive director or governorwas present and in brackets the numberof meetings that the non-executivedirector or governor was eligible to attendas a member of the committee during2012/13.NameJane Stichbury(Chairman)Meetingsattended2 (2)Judith Adda 1 (2)Derek Dundas 2 (2)Ken Hockey 1 (1)6.6 MembershipDuring 2012/13 the governors havecontinued to develop their existingmembership strategy using health talks,constituency events and the quarterlymembership newsletter to engagewith existing members and recruit newmembers. The strategy has also beendeveloped to focus on recruitmentof members from groups which havehistorically been under-represented inthe Trust membership: younger peopleand minority ethnic groups. Throughpresentations and attendance at careersevents at local schools, the Trust hasbegun to recruit younger members and isseeking to engage with local authoritiesin its public constituencies to reachminority ethnic groups. The membershipstrategy set a recruitment target of 250new public members for 2012/13 and theperformance against that target is shownin the table on page 119.Over the next 12 months the governorswill:l continue local constituency meetingsand set up a programme of othermeetings with interest groups acrossthe constituenciesl provide more information in the FTFocus quarterly publication aboutgovernors’ activitiesl incorporate membership developmentin the Trust’s Annual Plan for 2013/14l try to increase the awareness andunderstanding of members and thelocal community of the NHS andfoundation trusts and the benefits offoundation trust membership.118Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13