Management Structure
Trust Governance
The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for leadership, governance and strategic direction of the organisation. The Trust is required to have both a Board of Directors and a Council of Governors, as set out in the constitution.
The Board is made up of full-time Executive Directors, including the Chief Executive, and an Independent Non-Executive Chair and Non-Executive Directors who hold part-time positions and bring external and independent scrutiny.
As part of BSW Hospitals Group, some Executive roles are shared across the three partner organisations (Great Western Hospitals (GWH), Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH), and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT)). These Group roles support greater collaboration, alignment and delivery of shared objectives.
The Board's key functions are:
- To set strategic direction for the Trust, define objectives and agree plans for the Trust
- To monitor performance and ensure appropriate action is taken where improvement is required
- To ensure the Trust makes best use of the finances made available to us by the taxpayer
- Upholding high standards of corporate and clinical governance to support the delivery of safe, high-quality care
Meet our Board
 Executive Directors |
 Chair and Non-Executive Directors |
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Board of Directors Meetings
The Board of Directors meet in public on a bi-monthly basis and future Board of Director meetings can be found here:
Trust Governance Structure
The key Committees that feed into Board are outlined here:
The Terms of References for these sub-committees can be found below:
- Management Executive Committee (operational)
- Audit & Risk
- Finance & Performance
- Quality Assurance
- People
- Non-Clinical Governance
- Subsidiary Oversight Committee
- Charities
Further information about our governance framework, including composition and responsibilities of the Board can be found in our Annual Reports, Standing Orders available elsewhere on our website. Key publications such as Our Constitution and our Register of Interests are also published on this site.
Our Governors
The Council of Governors has specific statutory responsibilities as set out in our constitution, and represents the interests of members and the public.