Trust board meetings and papers
In 2022 the trust board is scheduled to meet in public on the following dates: |
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Date | Time | Venue |
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5 May | 9.30am –12.00pm | Join via Zoom meeting link |
31 May | ||
7 July | ||
There is no meeting in August | ||
1 September | ||
6 October | ||
3 November | ||
1 December | ||
How can I observe the Trust Board meeting? You can join in live 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?You can ask a question during the live event using the chat function; questions will be taken at the end of the meeting. To make sure your question is seen, please send your question to the user West Herts Trust which should be the default choice. If you send it to any of the other hosts, they may not see it. Please note, we may not be able to answer all questions at the meeting depending on the number received. |
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.
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 a ‘patient story’. 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.
In order to help the board answer complex questions, we ask that these are submitted in advance to Barbara Anthony, Trust Secretary, or by telephone 01923 436361.
COVID-19 update
COVID-19 has had and is still having a significant impact on the trust. The absolute priority in March, April and May was to ensure the trust’s sickest patients were being cared for and that the trust was playing its full part in addressing the outbreak.
The agendas of the board meetings in these months were reduced and the length of the meetings was shortened. The meetings are usually held at Watford General Hospital, where there has been a ‘no visitor’ rule since early April. We considered moving the board meeting to another site but attendees were required to remain on-site at Watford as part of our response to the outbreak. Although there was no facility for the public to join the slimmed down board meetings, we continued to invite questions from the public. For our June Board meeting we invited Healthwatch Hertfordshire to observe the meeting and to raise any questions they had during the course of the meeting.
Acronyms and Abbreviations
A list of the acronyms and abbreviations used in the board papers can be found here.
SPC Charts
Guidance on the use of Statistical Process Control charts within the Integrated Performance Report can be found here.
Board papers
Trust board papers 2022
31 May board papers relating to the hospitals redevelopment
Please see form by which to feedback on these papers by 22 May 2022 at this link.
- Shortlist review paper - 0.5mb
- Preferred options paper - 0.4mb
- Strategic narrative - 4.53mb
- Economic and financial cases - 1.13mb
- 5 May 2022 - 11.5mb
- 7 April 2022 - 11mb
- 3 March 2022 - 16mb
- 3 February 2022 - 20mb
Trust board papers 2021
- 2 December 2021 - 11.1mb
- 4 November 2021 - 20mb
- 7 October 2021 - 24mb
- 2 September 2021 - 22mb
- 1 July 2021 - 17mb
- 3 June 2021 - 13mb
- 6 May 2021 - 12mb
- 1 April 2021 - 10mb
- 4 March 2021 - 8mb
- 4 February 2021 -14mb
Trust board papers 2020
- 3 December 2020
- 5 November 2020
- 1 October 2020 (papers for WHHT meeting in public)
- 1 October 2020 (papers for meeting of the boards of WHHT and HVCCG)
- 3 September 2020 (papers)
- 2 July 2020
- 4 June 2020
- 7 May 2020
- 2 April 2020
- 5 March 2020
- 6 February 2020
- 9 January 2020
Trust board papers 2019
- 5 December 2019
- 7 November 2019
- 3 October 2019
- 5 September 2019
- 11 July 2019
- 4 July 2019
- 6 June 2019 (Board meeting of West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group)
- WHHT Acute redevelopment options - indicative plans
- 6 June 2019
- 2 May 2019
- 4 April 2019
- 7 March 2019
- 7 February 2019
- 10 January 2019
Trust board papers 2018
- 6 December 2018
- 1 November 2018
- 4 October 2018
- 6 September 2018
- 5 July 2018
- 7 June 2018
- 3 May 2018
- 12 April 2018
- 1 March 2018
- 1 February 2018
- 11 January 2018
Trust board papers 2017
- 7 December 2017
- 2 November 2017
- 5 October 2017
- 7 September 2017
- 6 July 2017
- 1 June 2017
- 4 May 2017
- 6 April 2017
- 2 March 2017
- 2 February 2017
- 12 January 2017
Archived trust board papers
- View Trust board papers from 2016
- View Trust board papers from 2015
- View Trust board papers from 2014
- View Trust board papers from 2013
- View Trust board papers from 2012
- View Trust board papers from 2011
- View Trust board papers from 2010
- View Trust board papers from 2009
- View Trust Board papers from 2008
- View Trust Board papers from 2007
- View Trust Board papers from 2006
- View Trust Board papers from 2005
- View Trust Board papers from 2004
External reports to the trust
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