Election to the Council of Governors

Now is a great time to get involved with us by standing as a governor in our Council of Governor elections 2025.

We're looking for people with a passion for healthcare to join our Council of Governors and help us to improve the lives of those we care for.

This year, we have vacancies in the following constituencies:

Elections are being held for the following Governor vacancies

Public Constituencies

• Public: Bexley – 2 vacancies (1 x 2 year term)
• Public: Rest of England: 1 vacancy

Service User/Carer Constituency interest groups

• Service User/Carer: Bromley Adult – 2 vacancies (1 x 2 year term)
• Service User/Carer: Greenwich Adult – 1 vacancy
• Service User/Carer: Children – 2 vacancies
• Service User/Carer: Learning Disabilities – 1 vacancy

Staff Constituency staff classes

• Staff: Forensic and Offender Healthcare – 1 vacancy
• Staff: Learning Disability – 1 vacancy

All 3 year terms of office unless otherwise stated.

How to apply

All staff eligible to stand will be contacted by Civica Election Services (CES) directly.

You can also find out more information about the governor role and get a nomination form, by contacting:

Online:         www.cesvotes.com/oxleas2025

Telephone:   020 8889 9203
Email:           ftnominationenquiries@cesvotes.com
Post:             CES, The Election Centre, 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW

Applications are open until 5pm, Monday 21 July 2025.

For more information: Notice of Election 2025

• to hold the trust’s non-executive directors (NEDs) individually and collectively to account for the performance of the Board of Directors.
• to represent the interests of the members of the trust as a whole and the interests of the public.

As a governor you can be involved as much or as little as you like. However, you are required to commit to attending our council of governors meetings four times a year.

Through our membership we want to involve a wide range of people in our communities to develop and improve our Oxleas' services. As governor you will play a key role in this process.

People will also have a voice in wider discussions about local NHS services through our involvement in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS).

"The great thing about being a governor is that you get to use your personal experience of NHS care in helping the health service improve. Oxleas is great at listening to feedback from governors and I have found it to be an incredibly worthwhile experience. I would say to anyone who is interest - give it a try!"

Tina Strack, Lead Governor and Service User/Carer Governor representing Carers