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Trust Board Meeting Dates
All Trust board meeting will take place in the Knowledge Spa, unless otherwise stated.
All Trust Board meetings in Public will commence at 10.00am unless otherwise specified.
2019
- Thursday 10 January 2019 – Perranporth Room, The Health and Wellbeing Innovation Centre, Treliske, Truro TR1 3LJ
- Thursday 7 February 2019
- Thursday 7 March 2019
- Thursday 4 April 2019 – Perranporth Room, Health and Wellbeing and Innovation Centre, Truro
- Thursday 2 May 2019
- Thursday 6 June 2019 – Medical 2 Seminar Room, West Cornwall Hospital
- Thursday 1 August 2019
- Thursday 5 September 2019
- Thursday 3 October 2019
- Thursday 7 November 2019
- Thursday 5 December 2019
Members of the Public that wish to raise a question ahead of the Trust Board meeting please email rcht.chiefexecutive@nhs.net.
Members of the Public will be asked whether they wish to raise a question prior to the start of the meeting by a member of the Corporate Secretariat and these will be recorded and provided to the Chairman of the Trust Board. The Chairman of the Trust Board may permit an oral question to be asked at the end of the meeting of the Trust Board without notice having been given.
Trust Board Members Declarations of Interest
Executive members
Kate Shields – Chief Executive
Kate joined the Trust as Deputy Chief Executive in 2017 and took on the role of Chief Executive in July 2018. Kate is an experienced NHS leader having worked as Director of Strategy and Partnerships at University Hospitals Leicester. She was a registered nurse and mental health nurse at the beginning of her NHS career. Kate has also worked for NHS England as a Regional Director of Specialised Commissioning and as the National Head of Specialised Commissioning.
Dr Rob Parry – Interim Medical Director
Rob re-joined the Trust Board as interim Medical Director in February 2019. Rob has worked at RCHT since 2000 and has played a key part in a host of developments within the renal service.
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These include having been Renal Departmental Lead, over four years as Clinical Director for Acute Medicine, and five years as Renal Network Clinical Director for the Peninsula. Rob has also led Trust work on organ donation, clinical coding and appraisal.
Kim O’Keeffe – Director of Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Health Professions
Kim was appointed as Chief Nurse in May 2017 having previously been Deputy Director of Nursing.
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Sally May – Joint Director of Finance (RCHT + CFT)
Sally May, joined the RCHT Board in May 2017 taking on a dual role as Director of Finance across RCHT and Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (CFT)
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Thom Lafferty – Director of Strategy & Performance
Thomas joined the Trust in January 2017 having most recently been Director of Corporate and Legal Affairs at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust where he played an instrumental role in the Trust’s acquisition of West Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Kerry Eldridge – Interim Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development
Kerry joined RCHT in September 2018. Kerry is an experienced NHS leader and was previously the Director of Workforce for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. Kerry has experience in organisational change, staff engagement, quality and financial transformation.
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Susan Bracefield – Interim Director of Operations
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Non-executive members
Dr Mairi McLean – Chairwoman
Mairi has been a non-executive director since 2014. She has a background in social work, psychology and leadership and has held senior positions in local government and is a former Council Chief Executive Officer. Mairi currently runs her own consultancy business which provides leadership and executive coaching, strategic planning and team development. She also holds a number of other local and national advisory and visiting lecturer position.
Paul Hobson
Paul joined the Trust Board in February 2016. Paul is the Chief Executive of the CSW Group which is owned by the local authorities in Cornwall and Devon.
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Sarah Pryce
Sarah is a former Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). She joined the Trust Board in February 2016 and is
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John Lander
John joined the Trust Board in June 2016 bringing extensive financial leadership experience including senior corporate banking appointments at HSBC
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Dr Gillian Vivian – Non-Executive Director
Gillian joined RCHT as a Non-Executive Director in October 2018. Dr Vivian is familiar with the Royal Cornwall Hospitals having previously worked in Cornwall as a consultant radiologist in nuclear medicine.
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Ruth Allerton – Associate Non-Executive Director
Ruth joined the RCHT Board in October 2018. Having been a regular visitor to Cornwall all her life, Ruth Allerton has held roles as Head of Department of Allied Health Professions at Sheffield Hallam University since 2009 and Partner Governor at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust since 2012.
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Rob Leighfield – Associate Non-Executive Director
Rob joined RCHT in October 2018. He is a senior executive with 17 years’ experience, including operating at board level in a variety of regulated roles within large, complex organisations in the UK and overseas.
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Margaret Schwartz – Non-Executive Director
Margaret is an experienced non-executive director and joined the Trust on 1st November 2016 bringing expertise in finance and strategy.
