Annual Report and Financial Accounts 2010/11
Governance
Directors are shown in the following table and approved at a general meeting of the Council of Governors.
The Board has given careful consideration to the range of skills and experience required for the running of a Foundation Trust; it confirms that the necessary balance and completeness has been in place during the year under report.
The performance of the Non-Executive Directors and the Chairman was evaluated during the year. The Chairman led a process of evaluation of the Non-Executive Directors and the Senior Independent Director undertook the evaluation of the performance of the Chairman, with the outcomes of both processes being shared with the Council of Governors. The Chief Executive undertook appraisals of the performance of the Executive Directors and the Chief Executive’s performance was appraised by the Chairman.
Each Director has declared their interests at a meeting in public. The register of interests is held by the Trust Secretary and is available for inspection by arrangement. This includes the other significant commitments of the Chairman which have not changed in the year under report.
The Board considers the Trust to be fully compliant with the principles of the NHS Foundation Trust Code of Governance as well as with the provisions of the Code in all respects, save as to paragraphs A, 1, 3 and C2 where there are other arrangements in place. Further details can be found in the full compliance statement which is available on the Trust website.
6.2 Audit Committee
The Trust’s Audit Committee meets quarterly and is authorised by the Board to:
l Investigate any activity within its terms of reference.
l Seek any information it requires from any employee and all employees are directed to cooperate with any request made by the Committee.
l Obtain outside legal or other independent professional advice and to secure the attendance of outsiders with relevant experience and expertise if it considers this necessary.
The duties of the Committee can be categorised as follows
1. Internal Control, Risk Management and Corporate Governance:
The Committee shall review the establishment and maintenance of an effective system of internal control, risk management and corporate governance, with particular reference to the organisations assurance framework.
In particular the Committee will review the adequacy of:
l All risks and control related disclosure statements, together with any accompanying Head of Internal Audit statement, prior to endorsement by the Board
l The structure, processes and responsibilities for identifying and managing key risks facing the organisation.
l The operational effectiveness of relevant policies and procedures including but not limited to:
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