Our Council of Governors is formed of elected members of the public and staff members. It also includes appointed representatives from local organisations that we work in partnership with.

Governors hold our Non-Executive Directors to account, ensure that the interests of the Trust's members are taken into account and help to shape our plans for the future.

Our governors make sure that the needs of the local population are being met and that staff and service users are fully involved in and consulted on any changes.

All staff, public and patient governors are elected by members of our Trust. You can become a member of the Trust here.

Governor Elections 2023

Nominations for the governor elections closed at 5pm on 12 June 2023.

Elections were held in the following constituencies:

Public:

  • Public North East
  • Public North West
  • Public South East
  • Public South West

Service user/Carer:

  • Service User
  • Carer
  • Young Carer/Service User

Staff:

  • Psychology
  • Medical and Clinical
  • Social Worker
  • Clinical Support Worker

The statement of nominated candidates can be found here.

Voting closed on 27 July 2023 and the results of the elections can be found in these documents:

Governors

Governors offer valuable contributions to ensure good corporate governance. The council meets up to five times a year to discuss the business of the Trust.

Governors are also involved in the Trust in other ways and attend meetings and events at Trust sites and in the community.

You can look at our list of current governors by opening up the categories they represent below. If you would like to get in touch with the governor for your area you can contact them by emailing governors@shsc.nhs.uk

Each of our governors must declare any potential conflicts of interest. You can view the council of governors register of interests here.

Public Governors

Sheffield North East

  • Vacancy
  • Mohammed Khawja Ziauddin 

Sheffield North West

  • Irene Nakamatte 
  • Vacancy 

Sheffield South East

  • Chris Digman
  • Vacancy

Sheffield South West

  • Ben Duke 
  • Julie Kitlowski 

Rest of England

  • Fozia Nadeem

Service User Governors

 

  • Jonathan Hall 
  • Rebecca Lawlor 
  • Nicola Hodson 
  • Terry Proudfoot
  • Vacancy
  • Vacancy
  • Vacancy
  • Vacancy
  • Vacancy
  • Vacancy
  • Vacancy

Young Service User/Carer Governors

  • Dr. Alistair Brash 
  • Vacancy

Carer Governors

  • Saira Jabin
  • Vacancy
  • Vacancy
  • Vacancy

Staff Governors

  • Allied health professionals - Vyvyan Hopkinson 
  • Psychology - Vacancy 
  • Social workers - Vacancy
  • Central support staff - David Palfreyman 
  • Clinical support worker staff  - Vacancy
  • Support worker - Angelito Esguerra
  • Medical and clinical staff - Vacancy
  • Nursing staff - Kathleen Myrie

Appointed governors

Voluntary sector appointed governors

  • VCFS Pakistan Muslim Centre - Irfan Khan
  • Sheffield MENCAP - Dave Swindlehurst
  • SACMHA Health and Social Care - Celia Jackson-Chambers 
  • Sheffield Carers Centre - James Barlow

Stakeholders

  • University of Sheffield - Professor Scott Weich 
  • Sheffield Hallam University - Ross Mallett
  • Staff Side - Julie Marsland

Local authority

  • Councillor Steve Ayris 
  • Councillor Martin Phipps 
  • Councillor Garry Weatherall
  • Councillor Nighat Basharat

Council of Governors meetings

Our Council of Governors meetings are open to the public.

If you would like to see the governors in action and hear what they are saying, we would love to see you.

For more information on dates and times for our Council of Governor meetings, including papers for the meeting, click here.

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