Item 8 - Sheffield Health and Social Care

Governors at the Annual Members meeting• The Trust’s auditors do not provide anynon-audit services to the Trust and thismatter is therefore not reported on• Members wishing to communicate withGovernors and/or Directors may do so byinforming the Trust’s Membership Manageror the Trust’s Company Secretary• Non-Executive Directors attend meetings of theCouncil of Governors, and Board members arefurther informed of the views of the Governorsat their monthly board meetings. Updates onthe affairs of the Council of Governors and theTrust’s members are a standing item on theBoard’s agenda. During the year, members ofthe Board of Directors and Council of Governorsmet on several occasions to share ideas onhow the two groups could enhance theircollaborative working relationship. Details ofthese are disclosed in Section 5 of this report.For instance, every formal Council of Governors’meeting is preceded by an informal meetingbetween Governors and the Non-ExecutiveDirectors. The topics of the meetings areopen-ended allowing Non-Executive Directorsand Governors to discuss as wide a range ofconcerns as possible. There is a Membershipand Communication Sub-Group at whichmembers and Governors meet to express theirareas of concern. Issues raised by members andGovernors are, at the request of members ofthe sub-group, communicated to the Boardof Directors.SECTION 5.0Council of Governors4950