Our Board meetings are held in person and recorded. Information for the meeting and associated papers will be available on this page prior to each meeting.
All recordings of our Board meetings are available on our YouTube channel.
Our next Board meeting in public:
- Thursday 02 October 2025: 10.30 – 13.00
- Location: Trust Headquarters, Portland House, Worthing BN11 1HS.
If you would like to attend the meeting in person, we kindly ask that you register your attendance by contacting the Corporate Governance Team.
- Thursday 04 December 2025
- Thursday 05 February 2026
Any questions about agenda items must be submitted to the Corporate Governance Team two days prior to the meeting. This is to ensure we can make any necessary enquiries and answer questions in full.
The agenda and papers for board meetings are available to download here:
2025/26
- Board of Directors papers - 7 August 2025
- Board of Director Minutes - 5 June 2025
- Board of Directors papers - 5 June 2025
- Board of Directors minutes - 3 April 2025
- Board of Directors papers - 3 April 2025
2024/25
- Board of Directors minutes - 5 February 2025
- Board of Directors papers - 5 February 2025
- Board of Directors minutes - 4 December 2024
- Board of Directors papers - 4 December 2024
- Board of Directors minutes - 2 October 2024
- Board of Directors papers - 2 October 2024
- Board of Directors minutes - 7 August 2024
- Board of Directors papers - 7 August 2024
- Board of Directors minutes - 5 June 2024
- Board of Directors papers - 5 June 2024
2023/24
If you would like to see papers from previous years please contact spft.
Every meeting
- Board Assurance Framework
- Board of Directors Declaration of Interest Register
- Chair's Report
- Chief Executive Report
- Finance Report
- Integrated Quality Performance Report
- Minutes of the previous meeting
- Reports from the Chairs of each of the Board Committees
- Workforce Metrics
As appropriate during the year
- Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Report
- Guardian of Safe Working Report
- Learning from Deaths Report
- Sealed Documents Report
Annually
- Annual Declaration of Compliance with the Trust’s License
- Annual Operating Plan
- Annual Pay Gap Report
- Annual Report and Accounts
- Annual Staff Survey
- Board Committee Annual Report and Effectiveness Reviews
- Board Committee Terms of Reference
- Complaints Annual Report
- Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Annual Report
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report
- Financial Plan
- Fit and Proper Person Annual Report
- Food and Nutrition Annual Report
- Infection, Prevention and Control Annual Report
- LDA National Audit
- Medical Revalidation and Appraisal Annual Report
- Mental Health Act Annual Report
- Mixed Sex Accommodation Annual Declaration and Sexual Safety Report
- Physical Healthcare Annual Report inc. Tobacco Dependency
- Quality Account
- Resuscitation Annual Report
- Safe Staffing Annual Report
- Safeguarding Adults and Children Annual Report
- Workforce Race Equality Standard and Workforce Disability Equality Standard and Sexual Orientation Monitoring Data (EDI)
- WRES/ WDES Annual Report
We have six committees that support our Board of Directors, each chaired by a non-executive director (NED) and with executive directors as members. Exceptions to this are the Appointments and Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee where members are all NEDs, and executives are 'in attendance' rather than voting members, as appropriate for the work of the committee. Each year, the board receives an annual report on the work of the committees.
| Committee | Purpose and frequency |
Chair of the Committee / Senior Responsible Owner |
Terms of reference |
|
Appointment and Remuneration Committee |
The Appointments and Remuneration Committee is a statutory committee and comprises our Trust Chair and the NEDs. The committee is responsible for identifying and appointing candidates to fill all executive director positions on our board and for determining their remuneration and other conditions of service. The Committee meets as required. |
Sean Duggan, NED Funmi Onamusi, Chief People Officer |
View terms of reference |
|
Audit Committee |
The Audit Committee is a statutory committee, comprising NED members only. The committee has primary responsibility for monitoring the integrity of the Trust's financial statements, assisting the board in its oversight of risk management and the effectiveness of internal control, oversight of compliance with corporate governance standards and matters relating to the external and internal audit functions. The Committee is supported by one subcommittee - Information Governance & Security Subcommittee. The Committee meets bi-monthly with additional meetings as required to address year-end auditing and accounting matters. |
Nitin Mehta, NED
Usman Niazi, Chief Finance Officer |
View terms of reference |
|
Quality Committee |
The Quality Committee acts as a means of enhancing board oversight of assurance in respect of quality, patient (service user) safety and risk management, and the Trust's people agenda. The committee is supported by two quality sub-committees - Quality and Risk Management, and People and Culture. The Committee meets bi-monthly. |
Dr Anna van der Gaag, NED Teresa Barker, Chief Nursing Officer and Funmi Onamusi, Chief People Officer |
View terms of reference |
|
Finance and Investment Committee |
The Finance and Investment Committee's prime purpose is to provide oversight and challenge of our financial performance and financial plans to ensure the Trust and the services it provides remain financially sustainable. The Committee is supported by three subcommittees - Strategic Sustainability & Improvement Subcommittee, Contract Oversight Subcommittee and the Capital Subcommittee. The Committee meets bi-monthly. |
Anil Patil, NED Usman Niazi, Chief Finance Officer |
View terms of reference |
| Charity Committee |
The Charity Committee provides assurance to our board as the Corporate Trustee for charitable funds. The Committee meets bi-monthly. |
Sean Duggan, NED Dr Colin Hicks, Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer & Deputy CEO |
View terms of reference |
|
MHA Committee |
The purpose of the Mental Health Act Committee is to seek assurance on behalf of the Board that there are systems, structures and processes in place to support the operation of, and ensure compliance with, the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and related legislation; and Mental Capacity Act (MCA) - centering on inpatient care, specifically, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). The Committee meets quarterly. |
Cheryl Lee, NED Dr Oliver Dale, Chief Medical Officer |
View terms of reference |
If you have any queries about our Board Committees, please contact spft.
