Doesn having a Council of Governors just add more bureaucracy? How will governors inform directors in a way that divisional managers/chiefs of service don’t already?
Governors are responsible for representing the interests of NHS Foundation Trust members and partner organisations in the local health economy in the governance of the NHS Foundation Trust. They must act in the best interests of the FT Trust and should hold the Board of Directors to account for the performance of the trust, including ensuring the Board of Directors acts so that the FT does not breach the terms of its authorisation. Governors are responsible for regularly feeding back information about the trust, its vision and its performance to the constituencies and the stakeholder organisations that either elected or appointed them, so they add another dimension to the information given by divisional managers/chiefs of service in the trust.
