We held an event on 9th April 2008 for board level colleagues and project leads about the challenges moving from an NHS board to an FT board.
Plenary sessions:
10.45 - 10.55am Introduction to the day
Maggy Wallace, vice chair and senior independent director, Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital NHS FT
10.55 - 11.40am Effective Boards
The Monitor perspective
Miranda Carter, Assessment Director, Monitor
11.40 - 12.00pm Board development FT style
Peter Griffiths, chair, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS FT
12.00 - 1.00pm Workshop 1
1.00 - 1.45pm Lunch
1.45 - 2.45pm Workshop 2
2.45 - 3.00pm Tea
3.00 - 4.00pm The Board to Board
The Monitor test - is your board prepared?
Tim Lincoln, Chair, Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS FT
Peter Harvey, chair, Poole Hospital NHS FT
David Radbourne, Director of Organisational and Service Development, Milton Keynes Hospital NHS FT
Mary Edwards, chief executive, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital NHS FT
Followed by panel discussion
Course ends
Workshops on the following themes:
12.00-1.00pm
Board assessment and development - what, why and how
David Radbourne, director of organisational and service development, Milton Keynes Hospital NHS FT
Joy Street, company secretary, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS FT
Experiences of leading the board through an FT application
Tim Lincoln, chair, Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS FT
John Hemming, chair, James Paget University Hospitals NHS FT
The chair and governor relationship
What is their role?
Richard Gregory, chair, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT
Kingsley Smith, chair, Newcastle University Hospitals NHS FT
Making the best use of your company secretary
Jane Walters, company secretary, Kings College Hospital NHS FT
Keith Eales, company secretary & Director of Corporate Affairs, Royal Berkshire NHS FT
Getting your board up to speed for FT
Mary Edwards, chief executive, Basingstoke and N. Hampshire NHS FT
Jim Mackey, chief executive, Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT
1.45 - 2.45pm
What can governors really achieve?
Making the chair and governor relationship work
Peter Griffiths, chair, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS FT
David Richardson, chair, Bradford Hospitals NHS FT
Chair and chief executive's experiences:
Getting your board up to speed and leading the board through the application
Jim Mackey, chief executive, Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT
Peter Harvey, chair, Poole Hospital NHS FT
Skilling and building your Board for FT -
Ann Alderton, company secretary, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT
What you need from your NEDs:
their new role, the SID, the Audit Committee chair......
Maggy Wallace, vice chair and senior independent director, Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital NHS FT
Gerald Coteman, non-executive director, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT
Board assessment and development - what, why and how
David Radbourne, director of organisational and service development, Milton Keynes Hospital NHS FT & Joy Street, company secretary, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS FT
