University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) was formed on 1 April 2020 following the merger of University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and Weston Area Health NHS Trust.
The information on this page is historic. Visit the UHBW board members page for the latest information.
Jeff Farrar, Chairman
Robert Woolley, Chief Executive
Kris Dominy, Managing Director
Simon Gittoes-Davies, Director of Finance
Mark Marriott, Director of Operations
Alex Nestor, Director of Human Resources
Peter Collins , Medical Director
Sarah Dodds, Director of Nursing
John Roberts, Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit & Assurance Committee
Rosalinde Wyke Non-Executive Director, Single Independent Director and Chair of the Finance & Performance Committee
Sue Balcombe, Non-Executive Director
Robert Mould, Non-Executive Director
Kelvin Blake, Non-Executive Director
Our Board of Directors meet every month in public and the agenda for each meeting is shared here in advance, followed by a full set of papers after each meeting.
The Board of Directors comprises the Trust Chairman, four independent Non-Executive Directors and five voting Executive Directors: Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Operations, Director of Finance, Medical Director, Director of Nursing. There is also one non-voting Executive Director: the Director of Human Resources.
The Trust Chairman ensures that the Board of Directors focuses on The Trust's strategic development and that everyone is clear on their responsibilities to deliver that strategy (our accountability) and the ways in which we should do that (our governance). The Chairman also evaluates the performance of the Board of Directors, its committees and individual Non-Executive Directors. The board's Non-Executive Directors use their expertise, interest and experience to scrutinise the performance of management, monitor the reporting of performance, and satisfy themselves as to the integrity of financial, clinical and other information. The Non-Executive Directors also fulfil their responsibility for determining appropriate levels of remuneration for Executive Directors. Executive Directors are experienced NHS professionals with specific management and operational skills. They are responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the trust.
The Trust Board has a number of committees:
Weston Area Health NHS Trust works within the opportunities published in the NHS Five Year Forward View to:
The Trust has developed a strategic plan which describes the Trust’s priorities from 2016 to 2021 to deliver outstanding safe care and improve the sustainability of all services.
We are keen to incorporate our patients' views of the future and work closely with our Patients' Council to help shape and focus on how we deliver our services to our population.
Over the coming years it is expected that growth in the local population for Weston and North Somerset will be above average. To meet the challenge of the increased demand on services we will work collaboratively with our partners and commissioners (NHS organisations who decide what health services are provided and then finance them) in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (the BNSSG) and Somerset to ensure that the maximum range of services that are needed locally are safely provided from the Trust.
Our vision sets out the Trust's aspirations:
Our objectives set out our strategic plans which will help turn the vision into a reality. In 2021 we will know we have been successful because we will have achieved: