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Dorset HealthCare's activities are overseen by the Trust Board. The Trust Board works with the Council of Governors to agree the future plans of the organisation.
The Trust Board's key responsibilities are to:
The Trust Board comprises a Non-Executive Chair, seven Non-Executive Directors who are not employees of the Trust, and seven Executive Directors including the Chief Executive. The members of the Board share a corporate responsibility for all decisions made by the Board. Our Trust Governance Structure chart illustrates the structure of the Trust Board and Council of Governors.
The Trust Board approves a schedule of matters which include the power to set the vision, strategic aims, objectives and budget for the Trust. Other matters are delegated to Board Committees, which operate within defined terms of reference. Feel free to read the Register of Directors' Interests.
Meetings of the Trust Board are held in public and anyone is welcome to attend. Meetings are generally held on the last Wednesday of every other month – see the calendar of events for details on forthcoming meetings.
You can download agendas and papers for Trust Board meetings below. If you would like to read the minutes of a particular Board meeting, these can be found in the papers for the following month's meeting.
The Board of Directors, at its meeting on 31 May 2017, confirmed that, having had regard to the views of Governors, the Trust had taken all precautions necessary to comply with the Trust Licence, NHS Acts and the NHS Constitution (Licence condition G6(3)).
