Trust board meetings and papers
The Trust Board is the ultimate decision-making unit for West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. It is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the rganisation and ensuring that financial targets are achieved.
Membership of the board includes the Chairman, Chief Executive, Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors.
The Board holds a monthly Board meeting in public where it receives information and assurance on performance. The Board meetings often begin with a short presentation from a member of staff or feedback from a patient on their experience of our services. Matters of strategic importance are discussed and decisions are taken.
Matters that have a highly sensitive nature or are ‘commercial in confidence’ are held in part 2. This is held in private. The Board seeks to make as much of its business as possible open to the public and so the vast majority of papers and discussions fall within part 1, i.e. held in public.
Members of the public have an open invitation to attend part 1 and to ask questions at the point in the agenda set aside for this. Board papers are made available and these include minutes and a decision log.
Acronyms and Abbreviations
View a list of the acronyms and abbreviations used in the board papers (opens in new window).
Trust board papers 2024
- Access Trust board papers for 4 April 2024 - 18mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 7 March 2024 - 15mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 1 February 2024 - 14mb (opens in new window)
Trust board papers 2023
- Access Trust board papers for 7 December 2023 - 17.2mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 2 November 2023 - 11mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 5 October 2023 - 17mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 7 September 2023 2023 - 16.2mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 6 July 2023 - 12mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 1 June 2023 - 15mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 4 May 2023 - 12mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 6 April 2023 - 12mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 2 March 2023 - 11.5mb (opens in new window)
- Access Trust board papers for 2 February 2023 - 13.5mb (opens in new window)
Auditors Annual Report
In 2024 the trust board is scheduled to meet in public on the following dates: |
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4 April 2024 |
9.30am - 12pm |
Sir Elton John Suite, Watford Football Club and via Microsoft Teams - group chat software - opens in a new window Meeting ID: 361 577 137 618 |
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2 May 2024 |
9.30am - 2pm |
MS Teams/Medical Education Centre, Hemel Hempstead Hospital |
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6 June 2024 |
9.30am - 2pm |
MS Teams/Executive Meeting Room, The Restaurant, Watford Hospital |
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4 July 2024 |
9.30am - 2pm |
MS Teams/Medical Education Centre, St Albans City Hospital |
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Aug |
No meeting |
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5 September 2024 |
9.30am - 2pm |
MS Teams/Executive Meeting Room, The Restaurant, Watford Hospital |
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5pm - 6pm AGM |
MS Teams/Executive Meeting Room, The Restaurant, Watford Hospital |
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3 Octber 2024 |
9.30am - 2pm |
MS Teams/Medical Education Centre, Hemel Hempstead Hospital |
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7 November 2024 |
9.30am - 2pm |
MS Teams/Medical Education Centre, St Albans City Hospital |
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5 December 2024 |
9.30am - 2pm |
MS Teams/Executive Meeting Room, The Restaurant, Watford Hospital |
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January 2025 |
No meeting |
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6 February 2025 |
9.30am - 2pm |
MS Teams/Executive Meeting Room, The Restaurant, Watford Hospital |
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6 March 2025 |
9.30am - 2pm |
MS Teams/Executive Meeting Room, The Restaurant, Watford Hospital |
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How can I observe the Trust Board meeting?
A link to the next Board meeting will be published here on the Friday before the meeting. Alternatively, please contact the Trust Secretary via westherts.corporategovernance@nhs.net, phone 01923 436361.
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Meeting ID: 361 577 137 618
Passcode: E2NxSh
How can I ask a question?
If you would like more information about the Board meeting or to submit a question under the agenda item titled ‘Questions from the Public, please contact the Corporate Governance Team via westherts.corporategovernance@nhs.net, phone 01923 436361 or by writing to: Corporate Governance Office, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Trust Offices, Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford, Herts, WD18 0HB.
Please note questions must relate to an item on the Board meeting agenda and be submitted to the Corporate Governance Team at least 48 hours before the start of the Board meeting, i.e. by 9.30am on the Tuesday directly before the meeting. Pre-submitted questions will be answered at the meeting, but you will not be able to contribute to the discussion. Complex questions that require in-depth research, data retrieval or analysis may be deferred and responded to in writing or answered at a future Board meeting. The decision by the Chair of the Board on whether to accept a question and how it should be answered is final.
If you wish to give a compliment, raise a concern, or make a complaint, please contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service on westherts.pals@nhs.net or 01923 217198.
