Trust Board and Council of Governor Meetings

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Next Board of Directors meeting

Please note that the next Board of Directors' meeting will be held on Wednesday 8 January 2025. The agenda and reports will be uploaded on the website before the meeting. Thank you for your support in these difficult times.

In order to meet our requirements to conduct the meeting in public, we are allowing the public to attend virtually to observe the meeting, together with a recording of the Board of Directors meeting being posted on our website.

Next Council of Governors meeting

Next meeting dates: Extraordinary Council of Governors meeting, 17 December 2024, 4pm (click to join).

18 February 2025, 2 - 4pm (click to join).

All questions should be emailed to The Office of the Company Secretary at least 2 working days in advance of the meeting.

Responses to questions will be provided to the individual following the meeting and published within the minutes, once approved.

For upcoming meeting dates, visit our Events page.

Trust Board meetings are held in public ten times a year.

Staff, patients, the media and members of the public are welcome to attend these meetings but must be aware that although the meeting is held in public, it is not a public meeting. Members of the public and media do not have speaking rights. Public members and the media do not sit at the Boardroom table, allocated seating is provided. For more specific information regarding the Code of Conduct for public members at Board meetings, please contact the Company Secretary on 01539 716684.

In relation to posting agendas, all matters to be acted on by the Board will be posted on the Trust website at least three working days prior to the Board meeting. In urgent cases, when a subject matter needs immediate action or comes to the attention of the Board subsequent to the posting of the agenda, the Board may act on an item that was not on the posted agenda under ‘any other business’. Any supplementary agenda items will also be posted on the Trust’s website.

There are occasions when the Board will need to consider agenda items which are confidential and cannot be discussed in public and this will be explained on the agenda and by the Chair of the meeting.

Should you require any further information regarding the Trust Board meetings, please contact the Company Secretary on 01539 716684.

Meeting agendas and papers

We are aware that the meeting paper and reference pack PDFs are not accessible. If you would like to request an accessible version, or if you would like a copy of any previous board papers, please contact the Company Secretary's Office.

6 November 2024, Board Room, Westmorland General Hospital, Burton Road, Kendal LA9 7R & virtual meeting

4 September 2024, Board Room, Westmorland General Hospital, Burton Road, Kendal LA9 7R & virtual meeting

3 July 2024, Board Room, Westmorland General Hospital, Burton Road, Kendal LA9 7R & virtual meeting

1 May 2024, Board Room, Westmorland General Hospital, Burton Road, Kendal LA9 7R & virtual meeting

6 March 2024, Board Room, Westmorland General Hospital, Burton Road, Kendal LA9 7RG & virtual meeting

7 February 2024, Damson Meeting Room, Junction 36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria LA7 7NU & virtual meeting

6 December 2023, Westmorland General Hospital and virtual meeting

1 November 2023, Westmorland General Hospital and virtual meeting

4 October 2023, Westmorland General Hospital and virtual meeting

6 September 2023, Westmorland General Hospital and virtual meeting

2 August 2023, Ash Meeting Room, Junction 36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria LA7 7NU

5 July 2023, Westmorland General Hospital and virtual meeting 

7 June 2023, Westmorland General Hospital and virtual meeting

3 May 2023, Ash Meeting Room, Junction 36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria LA7 7NU and virtual meeting

29 March 2023, Westmorland General Hospital and virtual meeting

22 February 2023, Westmorland General Hospital and virtual meeting

25 January 2023, Westmorland General Hospital and virtual meeting

Older board papers

The Council of Governors meetings are open to Foundation Trust members and the public.

Whilst it is not possible for you to participate in debates, in the interest of openness and transparency, members and the public have the opportunity to ask any questions at the start of the formal agenda provided that the Chair has been notified in advance. We ask that you give details of any questions 2 working days in advance in order to allow time for a thorough response to be provided.

If you have any questions or urgent business to raise then please contact Paul Jones, Company Secretary at least 2 working days prior to the meeting of the Council in order to avoid disappointment.

Council of Governors' meeting agendas

We are aware that the meeting paper PDFs are not accessible. If you would like to request an accessible version, or if you would like a copy of any previous meeting papers, please contact the Company Secretary's Office.

17 December 2024, Extraordinary Council of Governors' meeting

19 November 2024 Council of Governors' meeting

20 August 2024 Council of Governors' meeting

21 May 2024 Council of Governors' meeting

19 March 2024 Council of Governor's meeting

2023 meeting agendas

Constituency meetings are attended by the Governors representing that constituency, Prof. Mike Thomas, UHMBT Chair, and a Non-Executive Director.

These meetings are all held on Teams and are open to the public and members for the last 20 - 30 minutes of each meeting.