title: Understanding the roles of NHS trust board members.
abstract: The establishment of NHS trust boards on a business format was a recent innovation resulting from the NHS reforms. In order to realize benefits for patients, it is essential that boards operate effectively. Explores within the framework of corporate governance, the practical implications of board member roles. Drawing on experience of strategy formulation at board level, analyses and clarifies the roles, and presents recommendations to increase board effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Frontline Management Consultants, Stirling, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deffenbaugh
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006075:Governing Board / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012380:Role; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom