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I believe wholeheartedly in the Chief Executive’s vision of being the best performing Trust in the UK and a centre of excellence for patient care.

Staff Governor

NHS Foundation Trusts are membership organisations, giving local people and staff, as members of the organisation, a greater influence in shaping its future.

Currently we have a Board of Directors that is legally accountable for running the Trust. It has a Chairman, five Non-Executive Directors (lay people usually appointed for four years) and five Executive Directors (who are employees).

In addition to this Board of Directors, Foundation Trust members have elected a Council of Governors. The council will be important and influential in the way that it will represent workforce colleagues and the community, giving their views to the Board of Directors on the organisation’s future direction. It will not run the Trust or get involved with the day-to-day operational issues.

There are 28 members of the Council of Governors – 16 public members, five staff governors and seven appointed governors from NHS, local authority and academic partners, including NHS Surrey, the local primary care trust which plans and buys services for the local population. Governors’ duties include the appointment of the Chairman and the Non-Executive Directors of the Foundation Trust. Governors do not receive a salary but do receive expenses.

Council of Governors Meeting

The next meeting of the Council of Governors of the Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust will take place:

Monday, 20th February 2012 from 2.30 pm to 5.00pm
Education Centre, Ashford Hospital

Copies of the agenda and supporting documentation will be available by clicking here.

Members of the public are invited to attend. Please contact Jane Gear on 01932 723110.

Notice of Election

The Trust gives notice that it will hold elections to the Council of Governors of Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Elections are to be held for the following positions:

1 Public Governor in the following constituency:

Spelthorne (1 vacancy)

Nominations forms to stand for election to these positions can be obtained from the Returning Officer at the address shown below.

All Nomination papers should be received by the Returning Officer, Christy Gerould, at the address below by 12 noon on Friday 17th February 2012.

Electoral Reform Services Limited
The Election Centre
33 Clarendon Road
London. N8 0NW
Tel 0208 889 9203

Faxed or emailed nominations will not be accepted ... read more

Spelthorne Bye Election 2012

Our Council has been working formally since 1st December 2010 and has made excellent progress including some key decisions such as the appointment of 2 new Non Executive Directors for our Board. The Council is made up of 16 elected Governors, 7 elected staff Governors and 5 Governors appointed by key stakeholder bodies.

Our constitution includes 3 public Governors for Spelthorne, one of whom has resigned for personal reasons meaning we are now holding a bye election to fill the remainder to the term up till 30th November 2013.

We are holding a pre nomination event for interested candidates to hear more about the role of the Governors. This will be on Wednesday 25th January 2012 at Ashford Hospital, Education Centre from 6-8pm. If you would like to come, please let us know via the following email address This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

A fact sheet on the role of the governor can be found here.

Results of the Election to the Council of Governors 2010

Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust gives formal notice of the results of the election, thus: