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Public trust board meetings 2023

In 2023 the trust board is scheduled to meet in public on the following dates:
DateTime Venue

1 June 2023

9.30am

Executive Meeting Room, Restaurant, Watford General Hospital and via Zoom

6 July 2023

9.30am

Medical Education Centre, St Albans Hospital and via Zoom

7 September 2023

9.30am

Executive Meeting Room, Restaurant, Watford General Hospital and via Zoom

5 October 2023

9.30am

Hemel Hempstead. Venue to be confirmed and via Zoom

2 November 2023

9.30am

Medical Education Centre, St Albans Hospital and via Zoom

7 December 2023

9.30am

Elton John Suite, Watford Football Club and via Zoom

1 February 2024

9.30am

Executive Meeting Room, Restaurant, Watford General Hospital and via Zoom

7 March 2024

9.30am

Executive Meeting Room, Restaurant, Watford General Hospital and via Zoom

How can I observe the Trust Board meeting?

You can join the live Board meeting via this online meeting: Zoom meeting link.

If you are accessing the link on a computer you will be prompted to download Zoom when you click the link. You can however choose to 'join from your browser’ which allows you to join without having to download anything. You can also join on your phone or tablet - you can download the Zoom app from the app store or as mentioned 'join from your browser' without downloading.

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 Trust Secretary via westherts.corporategovernance@nhs.net, phone 01923 436361or by writing to Trust Secretary, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Trust Offices, Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford, Herts WD18 0HB.

We ask that you submit your questions to the Trust Secretary at least 48 hours before the start of the Board meeting, i.e. by 9.30am on the Tuesday directly before the meeting.

Questions not submitted in advance or complex questions that require 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.

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 organisation and ensuring that financial targets are achieved.

Membership of the board includes the Chairman, Chief Executive, Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors.

Meet the Board

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

A list of the acronyms and abbreviations used in the board papers can be found here.

Trust board papers 2023

Trust board papers 2022

31 May board papers relating to the hospitals' redevelopment

Trust board papers 2021

Trust board papers 2020

Trust board papers 2019

Trust board papers 2018

Trust board papers 2017

Archived trust board papers

External reports to the trust

» Click here to view / download external reports to the Trust