Trust board
The Trust Board is the governing body of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
The Trust Board is responsible for directing and controlling GOSH’s affairs. It also provides a framework of governance to enable GOSH to deliver quality healthcare and health improvement.
The Trust Board comprises five Non-Executive Directors, a Chairman and five Executive Directors (senior staff of the hospital), including the Chief Executive.
Collectively they take corporate responsibility for the strategic development and actions of GOSH.
The Trust Board meets 10 times a year – eight times for formal meetings and twice for strategic meetings to review past performance and discuss future plans.
Members of the Trust Board
Non-Executive Directors
Chairman of the Trust Board
Baroness Blackstone leads a team of five Non-Executive Directors, who contribute to the development of strategy for the Trust, monitor its activity and represent GOSH to the immediate and wider community.
Baroness Blackstone is a member of UCL Partners.
Professor Andrew Copp
Non-Executive Director and Director, Institute of Child Health
Andrew Copp is Director of the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH). He is professor of developmental neurobiology at the ICH, as well as honorary consultant for the hospital.
Andrew is a member of the Trust Clinical Governance Committee.
Yvonne Brown
Non-executive director
Yvonne Brown is a solicitor whose main areas of expertise are children, child protection, family law, and education. In September 2005 she was appointed to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, where she chairs the Scrutiny Committee.
Yvonne sits on the Trust Audit Committee and is also the Non Executive Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) lead.
Andrew Fane
Non-Executive Director and Associate Trustee of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
Andrew Fane is a Non-Executive Director of the Trust and associate Special Trustee of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.
Andrew is Chair of the Clinical Governance Committee and is also very involved with the hospital's redevelopment programme.
Non-Executive Director
Mary MacLeod has a long and distinguished career in family policy, academia and social work.
Mary sits on the Trust Clinical Governance Committee and is the Chair of the Clinical Ethics Committee and the Non Executive Equality and Diversity lead.
Non-Executive Director
Charles Tilley is Chief Executive Officer at The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and is a qualified accountant.
Charles is Chair of the Trust Audit Committee.
Executive directors
Responsibilities for each of the Executive Directors are detailed here (PDF, 39KB).
Dr Jane Collins
Chief Executive
Jane Collins is responsible for delivering the strategic and operational plans of the hospital, through her executive team.
She recently launched a major transformation programme to improve the Trust’s systems and processes, to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
Jane has developed stronger relationships with other paediatric service providers, particularly within north central London and is a member of UCL Partners.
Fiona Dalton
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive
Fiona Dalton is responsible for the operational management of clinical services within the Trust.
She also leads the strategic planning, performance management and operational human resources functions for the Trust.
Co Medical Director
Professor Elliott is responsible for patient and staff safety and clinical quality. This is achieved through accurately measuring the hospital's performance, and continually striving to improve standards.
He continues to practice as a pioneering cardiothoracic surgeon.
Dr Barbara Buckley
Co Medical Director
Dr Buckley is responsible for postgraduate medical education and training for doctors; medical workforce development; the partnership services; and public health within the Trust.
She has a long-standing interest in medical management and feels that it is important for doctors to be involved in all levels of Trust management and within the wider NHS.
Claire Newton
Chief Finance Officer
Claire Newton is responsible for the financial management of the Trust.
Claire also leads on information and information technology. She is a qualified accountant and member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Liz Morgan
Chief Nurse and Director of Education
Liz Morgan is responsible for supporting frontline teams in their exploration of new roles.
She also ensures that individual staff members are encouraged and developed to reach their full potential.
Liz is involved in improving the discharge of children back to their home environment and supporting nurses and other staff to enable them to focus on caring for children.
Previously Liz worked for the Department of Health where she was involved in shaping children's and young people's policy.
Other directors
Mark Large – Director of Information and Communication Technology
William McGill – Director of Redevelopment
Professor David Goldblatt – Director of Research and Development
This page was last updated on 09 August, 2011
