The response to your query is detailed below:
- Please specify the current number of Trust members, broken down by a) staff members, b) patient members, and c) public members.
Please see the attached file called Attachment 1. Attachment 1 – List of Governors – Feb 14
You can also find more information here: https://hgs.uhb.nhs.uk/governors/ We have also listed out staff governors https://hgs.uhb.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/Staff-Governors.pdf and patient governors here https://hgs.uhb.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/Public-Governors.pdf We do not have a specific group of Patient Governors
2. Please provide details of elections to the Trust’s Council of Governors, for all elections held in 2012 and 2013. This should include elections that were uncontested by any candidate, and elections where a candidate was elected unopposed. Please specify:
There were no elections held in 2012.
Below are the details for the 2013 elections.
a) The date of the election? 6 August 2013
b) The constituency of the election (specifying classes within constituencies, such as geographical areas) – see table below
| Name of Constituency | Area/Qualification |
Number of seats |
| Public Constituencies | Erdington |
2 |
| Hall Green |
2 |
|
| Hodge Hill |
2 |
|
| Perry Barr |
2 |
|
| Sutton Coldfield |
2 |
|
| Yardley |
2 |
|
| Solihull |
4 |
|
| Tamworth |
2 |
|
| South Staffordshire and Lichfield |
2 |
|
| Patient & Public at Large |
2 |
|
| Medical and Dental Practitioners Staff Class | As defined in paragraph 7.3.4 of the Constitution |
1 |
| Nurses and Midwives Staff Class | As defined in paragraph 7.3.5 of the Constitution |
2 |
| Other Health Professional Staff Class | As defined in paragraph 7.3.6 of the Constitution |
1 |
| Other Staff Class | As defined in paragraph 7.3.7 of the Constitution |
1 |
c) The names of each candidate – see attachment 2 Attachment 2 – Nominated Candidates 2013 Governors elections
d) The number of votes received by each candidate – I attach an individual results sheet for each position which was contested. There are 9 separate acrobat attachments which cover this for the 9 contested positions.
Declaration – Public Rest of England and Wales Declaration – Public Solihull Declaration – Public Sutton Coldfield Declaration – Public Yardley Declaration – Staff Medical Declaration – Staff Midwifery Declaration – Public Erdington Declaration – Public Hodge Hill Declaration – Public Lichfield
e) The turnout (the total number of votes as a proportion of the total electorate, expressed in percentage terms) This is included at the bottom of each of the 9 Declaration of results sheets, which are attached.
f) The number of Governor positions available to be filled at the election – 27
g) The names of the elected candidates – See attachment 1
