The NHS Confederation Council of Members is part of the overall governance arrangements and its main role is to act as a sounding board and a source of advice on the key policy and campaigning issues that affect the whole of the NHS. Council meets four times a year and receives regular reports to capture NHS-wide priorities.

Council members are elected from member organisations in each SHA patch along with representatives from the Networks, NHS Employers' policy board, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Guernsey, and from representatives of the BME and Independent Sector Forums. Members are elected for an initial period of three years which can be extended for a further period of three years.

Review of the Council of Members We are about to embark on a review of the function and make up of the Council of Members to ensure that it is in line with the strategic direction of the organisation and meets members' needs. If you have any comments or ideas about how the Confederation should represent its members please email: maggie.evans@nhsconfed.org

Council members

Honorary Officers

Chair - Bryan Stoten, Chair, Warwickshire PCT

Vice Chair - Angela Ballatti, Chair, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

Vice Chair - This post is vacant

Treasurer - Susan Sorensen, Deputy Chief Executive, Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Immediate Past Chair - this post is for one year only and there is no immediate past chair at the current time

Regional representatives

Each region has three representatives comprised of one chair, one chief executive and a third senior representative.

East Midlands

• Clair Chilvers, Chair, Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust
• Brenda Howard, Director of Strategy, NHS East Midlands
• John McIvor, Chief Executive, Lincolnshire PCT

East of England

• Anne Campbell, Chair, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Trust
• Sheila Childerhouse, Chair, Norfolk PCT
• Maureen Donnelly, Chair, Cambridgeshire PCT

London

• Carolyn Berkeley, Chair, Enfield PCT
• Mike Bell, non executive director, London SHA
• Fiona Wise, Chief Executive, Northwick Park Hospital

North East

• Jules Preston, Chair, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust
• Susan Winfield, Chair, Sunderland Teaching PCT

North West

• Robina Shah, Chair, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
• Alan Stephenson*, Chair, Ashton, Leigh & Wigan PCT

South East Coast

• Glynn Jones, Chair, Brighton & Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust

South Central

• Trevor Campbell Davis*, Chief Executive, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
• Andrea Young, Chief Executive, Oxfordshire PCT
• Tim Lincoln, Chair, Wrexham Park Hospital

South West

• Malcolm Hanney*, Chair, Bath & North East Somerset PCT
• Paul Roberts, Chief Executive, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
• Robin SeQueira, Chair, Dorset County Hospital Foundation NHS Trust

West Midlands

• Mike Brereton, Chair, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
• David Cox, Chair, South Birmingham PCT
• David Loughton, Chief Executive, The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

Yorkshire and the Humber

• Jayne Brown, Chief Executive, Doncaster PCT
• Ailsa Claire, Chief Executive, Barnsley PCT
• Karen Knapton*, Chair, East Riding of Yorkshire PCT

Country Representatives

Guernsey

• David Hughes, Chief Officer States of Guernsey Health and Social Services

Northern Ireland

• Dominic Burke, Acting Chief Executive Western Health & Sociual Services Board
• Pat MacCarten*, Chair Belfast Health & Social Care Trust

Wales

• Simon Jones*, Chair Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust
• Judith Paget, Chief Executive Caerphilly Local Health Board
• Paul Williams, Chief Executive Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust

Network and NHS Employers representatives

Foundation Trust Network

• Diane Whittingham, Chief Executive, Calderdale 7 Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• Colin McLean, Chair, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Network

• Finlay Robertson, Chief Executive, Lancashire Care Trust
• Anne Campbell, Chair, Cambridge & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

PCT Network

• Lise Llewellyn, Chief Executive, Berkshire East PCT
• Paul Sabapathy, Chair, Birmingham East & North PCT

Ambulance Service Network

• John Burnside, Chief Executive, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• Heather Strawbridge, Chair, South West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

NHS Partners Network

• David Monkman, Director of Clinical Governance, Royal Hospital for Neuro Disability
• David Highton, Managing Director, Carillon Services Ltd

NHS Employers

• Gerald Coteman, Non Executive Director, Cambridgeshire University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Tina Smallwood, Director of Human Resources, Hull Teaching PCT

Forum Representatives

Acute Sector Forum

• Joanna Cubbon, Chief executive Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Ambulance Sector Forum

• Tony Dell*, Chair, North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Independent Sector Forum

• Mark Lomax, Managing Director, Medihome Ltd

BME Forum

• Robina Shah, Chair Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

* member of Board of Trustees