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The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is governed by a Trust Board. Day-to-day running of the hospitals and their clinical and non-clinical services is delegated to Executive Directors and senior clinicians and managers.
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The Trust Board
The Trust Board has overall responsibility for the activity, integrity and strategy of the Trust and is accountable, through its Chairman, to the Strategic Health Authority and the Secretary of State for Health. Its role is largely supervisory and strategic, and it has six key functions:
- to set strategic direction, define objectives and agree plans for the Trust
- to monitor performance and ensure corrective action
- to ensure financial stewardship
- to ensure high standards of corporate and clinical governance and personal behaviour
- to appoint, appraise and remunerate executives
- to ensure dialogue with external bodies and the local community.
The Board consists of:
- the Chairman
- seven Non-executive Directors (appointed by the Secretary of State with the assistance of the Appointments Commission)
- the Chief Executive
- the Director of Finance and Procurement
- the Director of Planning and Information
- the Medical Director
- the Chief Nurse.
The Board is fully supported by four non-voting Directors:
- Director of Clinical Services
- Director of Workforce
- Director of Development and the Estate
- Director of Assurance
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Board Committees
The Board has the following committees:
- Quality Committee
- Audit Committee
- Remuneration and Appointments Committee
- 'Whole Board in Committee' to review strategy and associated matters
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Trust Management Executive
The Trust Management Executive is the senior managerial decision-making body for the Trust. It is chaired by the Chief Executive, and consists of the Trust's Executive Directors, and the seven Divisional Directors.
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Clinical services and divisions
The clinical services at the Oxford University Hospitals are grouped into seven Divisions. Each Division is headed by a Divisional Director, a practising clinician who is supported by a Divisional Nurse and General Manager.
The Divisions are responsible for the day-to-day management and delivery of services within their areas in line with Trust strategies, policies and procedures.
The Divisions include two or more Directorates, each of which contain clinical service units covering specific areas of services. Directorates are led by Clinical Directors and supported by Operational Service Managers, Matrons and other relevant experts. The Directorates include those with services on one or more sites, such as surgery and women's services, and those which are based on a single site, such as cardiac services and neurosciences.
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