Decision making processes and records of decisions
The Trust is committed to high quality patient care and we are continually striving to improve our services.
A number of documents set the framework for how the trust makes decisions including:
- The Constitution – sets out the Governance arrangements that the trust must work to
- The Scheme of Delegation – This document sets out how the powers of the Board may be delegated to the Officers and Committees of the Trust. The Board remains accountable for all of its functions.
- The Statement of Internal Control – is a statement made by the Chief Executive describing how NGH is going to manage risk to a reasonable level.
- The Performance Management Framework – sets out the process and tools that the Trust will use to ensure that:
- The organisation understands its aims for the coming year
- Enables efficient and effective monitoring
- Predicts and forecasts likely outturn enabling timely corrective action to be taken as necessary
Corporate Governance
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Overview of the Trust Board including Trust Board member biographies
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An overview of the Trust Board can be found on the
- About Us > Trust Board; and
- About Us > Board Members
section of the website
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Electronic
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No charge
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Executive directors’ responsibilities
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Responsibilities for each of the executive directors are detailed here
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Electronic
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No charge
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Trust Board papers – agendas, papers and minutes
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The
section of the website details Trust Board meetings, agendas, papers and minutes
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Electronic
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No charge
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Scheme of Delegation and Standing Orders
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The Trust’s and Scheme of Delegation and Standing Orders for 2008/2009 can be found on the About Us > Trust Board Pages of our website under Trust Board minutes for March 2008 under:
Revisions of Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and Scheme of Delegation (enclosure 4)
- Scheme of Delegation Appendix 1
- Standing Orders Appendix 3
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Electronic
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No charge
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Public Involvement and Consultation
Keeping in touch with local people and communities is important to NGH. We need to ensure that the views of the people who use the services of the Trust are taken into account. Information on how we involve patients in our decision making is available on the Get Involved pages of our website.
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NGH Service User Representation forum (SURF)
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The NGH SURF Group has an active role in numerous active and ongoing inspections and projects. More information on the NGH SURF group can be found on the:
section of our website
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Electronic
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No charge
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Regular publications – Magazine for patients, visitors, staff and the local community
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Previous copies of the Trust’s INSIGHT magazine can be found on the
- About Us > Publications and key documents
of our website under Insight
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Electronic
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No charge
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Press releases
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Electronic copies of press releases can be found under the News tab on our Website
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Electronic
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No charge
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