Our Board

Upcoming DCHS Board meetings

All confirmed venue / MS Teams details will be added below.

If you have a question you would like to raise with our Board please contact Melanie Curd in advance (see contact us details).

DCHS Board meetings

Agendas and Papers 2024:

• January 2024 (Performance report)
• February 2024
• March 2024 (Performance report)
• April 2024

Agendas and Papers 2023:

• February 2023
• March 2023 (Performance report)
• April 2023
• May 2023
• May 2023 (Performance report)
• June 2023
• July 2023 (Performance report)
• August 2023
• September 2023 (Performance report)
• October 2023
• November 2023
• December 2023

If you would like to access agendas and or minutes from meetings prior to February 2023 please email DCHST.communications@nhs.net

The DCHS Board works to understand and manage risks to ensure the Trust delivers quality services. 

There are four sub-committees, each of which meet at least six times a year and support the Board to manage these risks by:

• reviewing performance
• making decisions and agreeing actions
• approving policies
• ensuring we have high standards and behaviour

DCHS Board sub-committees

• Quality Service Committee (QSC) chaired by Kay Fawcett, non-executive director, and supported by Michelle Bateman, Director of Nursing, AHPs and Quality. QSC shapes and influences the quality of our services including patient safety, patient experience and effectiveness of care.
• Quality People Committee (QPC) chaired by Janet Dawson, non-executive director, and supported by Darren Tidmarsh, Chief People Officer and Deputy Chief Executive. QPC makes sure the Board know that DCHS has the right staff, in the right place, doing the right things.
• Quality Business Committee (QBC) chaired by Stuart Proud, non-executive director, and supported by Peter Handford, Chief Finance Officer. QBC ensures that DCHS is an effective, efficient and economical organisation.
• The Audit and Assurance Committee (AAC) helps the Trust maintain a sound system of internal control. It provides assurance to the Board through the oversight, assessment, review and scrutiny of functions, process and systems within the Trust.
• The Charitable Funds Committee (CFC). The Derbyshire Community Health Services Charitable Trust has responsibility for the administration of the charitable funds of two organisations: Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust and Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
• The Mental Health Act Committee (MHAC) chaired by James Reilly, non-executive director, and supported by Ben Neale, Legal Services Officer. MHAC provides assurance to the Board that confirms the experience of all of our patients is fully compliant to the Mental Health Act 1983, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Care Quality Commission’s Essential Standards of Quality and Safety.

The sub-committees also have sub-groups that report to them and are responsible for particular performance and management issues on behalf of the sub-committees. 

Melanie Curd, Associate Director of Corporate Governance/Trust Secretary, leads on supporting the committees, alongside Andrea Graham, Deputy Trust Secretary and Sara Parkin, Corporate Governance Manager.

Please click on a month to access the key messages from the public board meeting for that particular month.

2023

• August 2023
• June 2023
• April 2023
• February 2023

2022

• February 2022
• April 2022
• June 2022
• August 2022

2021

• February 2021
• April 2021
• June 2021

Members of the Board are required to complete a declaration and any changes during the year must be notified to the Associate Director of Corporate Governance/Trust Secretary immediately and formally.

This is reviewed annually and, in addition, at the start of each meeting, members are required to declare any interests that may affect the papers being considered.

DCHS Trust Board Register of Interests.