Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for providing acute hospital care services for the people of Bradford and neighbouring communities.  It has around 1,200 beds serving a community of over a million people, has an annual budget of £230 million and employs over 5,000 staff.  Continuous professional development for all staffing groups is encouraged and supported within the foundation trust, which has Investors in People accreditation.

The organisation is managed and led by the Board of Directors, which comprises of a chairman, six non-executive directors, four executive directors and a chief executive.  The Board is responsible for approving policy, ensuring financial viability of the organisation and monitoring performance.

Clinical services are provided from twelve clinical directorates each being led by a clinical director and supported by a general manager.

Foundation trusts are new flagship hospitals in England and awarded to high performing organisations.  We were approved to be a foundation trust on April 1 2004 - one of the first in the country, due to our excellent performance, which has continued with the Foundation Trust being rated as 'excellent'  for use of resources and 'good'  for quality of services, in the Care Quality Commission's Annual Health Check.

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Board of Directors