Elections
As a Foundation Trust, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is more accountable to the local community and its staff through its membership—which now totals more than 14,000—and the Council of Governors.
Governors work with the Board of Directors as a 'critical friend', helping to shape the way the Trust develops its services.
There are 34 Governors and a Chairman including 10 patient Governors, 8 public Governors (2 each from the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth and City of Westminster) and 6 staff Governors drawn from all areas of the hospital. It also includes 10 Governors nominated by partnership organisations.
Results of the Council of Governors elections November 2011
25 November 2011
Elections were held in November 2011 to the following constituencies of the Council of Governors:
- 1 Patient Governor
- 1 Public Governor: Kensington & Chelsea Area 2
- 1 Staff Governor: Support, Administrative and Clerical constituency
Members registered in these constituencies were invited to nominate themselves to stand for election.
The following constituency was uncontested and the result was as follows:
- Staff Governor: Support, Administrative and Clerical constituency
Maddy Than (elected unopposed)
The results in constituencies where elections were contested were as follows:
- Patient Governor
Anna Hodson-Pressinger - Public Governor: Kensington & Chelsea Area 2
Sandra Smith-Gordon
