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Foundation Trust Membership Portal Now online!

We have now launched our brand new Membership Portal - if you are an existing member, you can verify your account online. You may need to contact the membership office on 01484 347342 in order to get your membership ID number.

Some background

In 2006 the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust became a NHS Foundation Trust.

This means we are no longer directed or controlled by the Secretary of State for Health, but we are still part of the National Health Service family and subject to NHS quality standards, performance ratings and systems of inspection.

One of the greatest benefits of being a NHS Foundation Trust is that the new structure helps us to work much closer with local people and service users to help us respond to the needs of our communities.    

Other benefits include the chance to maximise financial freedoms, have more control over our money to improve facilities and achieve a better balance between national and local priorities.

A new way of working

A fundamental part of being a NHS Foundation Trust is the different way the organisation is structured. It is based upon the involvement of local people, patients, carers, partner organisations (such as the primary care trusts, local university) and staff employed from within the NHS Foundation Trust.

There are three main components to the way a NHS Foundation Trust is structured:

  • A membership community made up of local people, patients, carers, staff from partner organisations and staff employed by the NHS Foundation Trust
  • A Membership Council elected from the membership community and also including representatives from the Trust’s key partners in health and social care (the term Board of Governors is also used by some other NHS Foundation Trusts to describe this body)

A Board of Directors made up of a chairman and non-executive directors (appointed by the Membership Council) a chief executive (appointed by the non-executive directors) and executive directors (appointed by the chief executive and non-executive directors)