Your Trust Board
Trust Board meetings and papers
2018-2019
2017-2018
2016-2017
2015-2016
2014-2015
2013-2014
2012-2013
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 12.30pm unless otherwise specified.
Trust Board AGM will take place at 11am on Thursday 6 September 2018 in the Lab Space at the Health and Wellbeing Innovation Centre, Truro.
There will be an Extraordinary Board meeting on Friday 26 October at 10.30 in G.09 at the Knowledge Spa.
2019
- Thursday 10 January 2019 at 12.30
- Thursday 7 February 2019 at 12.30
- Thursday 7 March 2019 at 12.30
- Thursday 4 April 2019 at 12.30
- Thursday 2 May 2019 at 12.30
- Thursday 6 June 2019 at 12.30
- Thursday 1 August 2019 at 12.30
- Thursday 5 September 2019 at 12.30
- Thursday 3 October 2019 at 12.30
- Thursday 7 November 2019 at 12.30
- Thursday 5 December 2019 at 12.30
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.
Mark Daly – Medical Director
Mark joined the Trust in October 2017 first on an interim basis and then as the substantive Medical Director.
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Kim O’Keeffe – Chief Nurse
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 Corporate Affairs
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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Non-executive members
Dr Mairi McLean – Acting 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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Margaret Schwarz
Margaret is an experienced non-executive director and joined the Trust on 1st November 2016 bringing expertise in finance and strategy.
