Following discussions and approval by both the Assembly of Governors and trust Board, then subsequently by Monitor, the trust has amended the constitution in respect of the number of governors that we now have. Our constitution has been amended to have the following constituencies:
Composition of Assembly of Governors
Elected governors
Public Constituency Number of Governors
Birmingham 3
Solihull 1
Rest of England and Wales 1
Total Public Governors 5
Service Users’ and Carers’ Class
Birmingham Service Users* 2
Solihull Service Users* 1
Rest of England and Wales Service 1
Users*
Carers 3
Total Service Users’ and Carers’ Governors 7
Staff class
Non medical clinical staff 1
Medical staff 1
Non – clinical staff 1
Total staff 3
Appointed Governors
Appointer Number of governors
Birmingham City Council 1
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 1
Birmingham and Solihull Councils for Voluntary Services 1
Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust 1
University of Birmingham 1
Birmingham City University 1
The Trust is currently holding elections for 11 vacancies and nominations are currently being sought for the vacancies. Further information may be obtained from Gill Harrad on tel 0121 301 1086 or Election Reform Services Limited, The Election Centre, 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW, who are the independent organisation who are running our elections.
