Item 8 - Sheffield Health and Social Care

7.3.2. Quality Assurance CommitteeIn response to the recommendations containedin the Francis Report (on the service failures atMid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust), theBoard established another Committee known asthe Quality Assurance Committee and appointedMervyn Thomas to be the Committee’s chair.This Committee started operating from April 2011.It is responsible for providing assurance to theBoard on the effectiveness of the Trust’s systemsand processes for safeguarding and improvingthe quality of the Trust’s services. Members of theCommittee include all the Non-Executive Directors(except for the Trust Chair), the Executive MedicalDirector, the Executive Director of Nursing andIntegrated Governance, the Executive Director ofFinance and the Executive Director of OperationalDelivery and Social Care.Also in attendance at the Committee’s meetingsare the Foundation Trust Company Secretary,who serves as the secretary to the Committee,the Director of Quality, the Head of IntegratedGovernance, the Director of Planning andPerformance and a representative of NHS Sheffield,the main commissioners of the healthcare serviceswhich the Trust provides. Other people, includingsenior members of staff within the Trust attend asand when required to do so by the Committee.The Committee met on ten occasions in the courseof 2012/13 and details of members’ attendance atits meetings are shown in the table below:Name Position Number of meetings attendedout of total number of those thatcould possibly be attended by eachCommittee memberMervyn Thomas Committee Chair and9/10Non-Executive DirectorMartin RoslingCommittee Member and9/10Non-Executive DirectorAnthony Clayton Committee Member and9/10Non-Executive DirectorCouncillor Mick Rooney Committee Member and8/10Non-Executive DirectorSusan RogersCommittee Member and9/10Non-Executive DirectorProfessor Tim Kendall Committee Member and7/10Executive Medical DirectorLiz LightbownCommittee Member and8/10Executive Director of Nursingand Integrated Governance (Apr– Oct)/Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nurse (Nov – present)Clive ClarkeExecutive Director of Operational10/10Delivery and Social Care (Apr– Feb)/Deputy Chief ExecutiveDirector (Mar – present)Mick RodgersDeputy Chief Executive and8/8Executive Director of FinancePaul Robinson Executive Director of Finance 2/27.3.3. Finance and Investment CommitteeThe Finance and Investment Committee of the Boardmaintains oversight of the Trust’s financial processesand quarterly submissions on the Trust’s financialperformance to Monitor, the independent regulatorfor NHS Foundation Trusts. The Committee ensuresthat the Trust’s finances are managed within theallocated resources in order to deliver an effectiveand efficient service.The Committee’s membership comprises bothNon-Executive and Executive Directors. Also inattendance at the Committee’s meeting are theDeputy Director of Finance and the FoundationTrust Company Secretary. The current Chair ofthe Committee is Mr Anthony Clayton.The Committee met on 12 occasions during2012/13 and Committee members’ attendancesat its meetings are as shown in the table below:Name Position Number of meetings attendedout of total number of those thatcould possibly be attended by eachCommittee memberAnthony Clayton Committee Chair and11/12Non-Executive DirectorMervyn Thomas Committee Member and11/12Non-Executive DirectorMick RodgersDeputy Chief Executive and10/11Executive Director of FinanceSusan RogersCommittee Member and11/12Non-Executive DirectorClive ClarkeExecutive Director of Operational11/12Delivery and Social Care (Apr– Feb)/Deputy Chief ExecutiveDirector (Mar – present)Liz LightbownCommittee Member and8/12Executive Director of Nursingand Integrated Governance (Apr– Oct)/Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nurse (Nov – present)Paul Robinson Executive Director of Finance 3/36768