The Foundation Trust Network has its own independent board of non-executive directors, elected by member organisations, and an executive director appointed by the board.
The members of the FTN board are:
Julie Acred, chief executive, Derby Hospitals NHS FT (chair)
Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, chair, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS FT
Toni Brisby, chair, Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust (aspirant member)
Nigel Clifton, chief executive, Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS FT
Albert Day, chair, Harrogate and District Hospitals NHS FT
Stephen Firn, chief executive, Oxleas NHS FT (co-opted MH member)
Peter Griffiths, chair, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS FT (deputy chair)
Colin Maclean, chair, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Robert Naylor, chief executive, University College London Hospitals NHS FT
Angela Pedder, chief executive, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS FT
Miles Scott, chief executive, Bradford Hospitals NHS FT
Peter Smith, chair, Gateshead NHS FT
Janet Trotter, chair, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT
Diane Whittingham, chief executive, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS FT
Information about the Board's discussions and decisions are communicated in our regular newsletter, In Touch.