Annual Report 2009 -2010 - Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Board of DirectorsThe Board of Belfast Trust is responsible for the strategic direction and management of the Trust’sactivities. It is made up of a Chairman, seven Non-Executive Directors, five Executive Directors andfive other Directors.It continues to revise its executive management structures as personnel change, to ensure thedelivery of the highest performance and professional standards. The Board, until March 2010 wasconstituted as follows:ChairmanNon-Executive DirectorsExecutive DirectorsChief ExecutiveDirector of Social Services,Family & Child CareMedical DirectorDirector of FinanceDirector of Nursing, OlderPeople, Medicine & SurgeryDirectorsChief Operating Officer &Deputy Chief ExecutiveDirector of Mental Health &Learning Disability ServicesDirector of Clinical ServicesDirector of Specialist ServicesDirector of Head & Skeletal ServicesDirector of Human ResourcesDirector of Planning &RedevelopmentDirector of Performance & DeliveryDirector of Nursing & User ExperienceMr Pat McCartanMs Joy AllenMr Les DrewProfessor Eileen EvasonDr Val McGarrellCouncillor Tom HartleyMr Charles JenkinsMr James O’KaneMr William McKeeMs Bernie McNally*Dr Tony StevensMrs Wendy Galbraith**Ms Valerie Jackson***Mr Hugh McCaughey‡Mr Brendan Mullen‡‡Dr Patricia DonnellyMrs Jennifer WelshMiss Patricia O’Callaghan‡‡‡Mrs Marie MallonMs Denise StockmanMrs Catherine McNicholl±Ms Brenda Creaney*****In September 2009 Ms McNally also assumed responsibility for Mental Health and LearningDisability.**September 2009 Mrs Galbraith was also appointed Deputy Chief Executive.***October 2009 Ms Jackson was seconded to Northern Trust. Ms Nikki Patterson became ActingDirector of Nursing and Mr Brian Barry became Acting Director of Older People, Medicine andSurgery‡Mr McCaughey left the Trust in May 2009‡‡ Mr Mullen retired in September 2009‡‡‡ Miss O’Callaghan retired in July 20098