Hospice Boards Council
The role of the Hospice Boards Council (HBC) is to act as the mechanism through which hospice chairs can contribute their expertise and communicate issues around the governance of hospice care to a national level, informing and advising the work of Hospice UK.
The council is part of Hospice UK’s governance arrangements.
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The role of the group
The group aims to:
- Act as the mechanism through which such hospice chairs contribute expertise and
communicate issues around the governance of hospice care to the national level
and inform and advise the work of Hospice UK - Share, and facilitate the sharing of experience and information useful to the chair of
local hospice care providers or those organisations set up specifically to support
them
How the Council works
Each region of the UK has an elected representative who sits on the Council. All Chairs of trustees from Hospice UK member hospices are eligible to stand for election.
Each elected member to serve for a term of three years subject to a maximum of two consecutive terms. In exceptional circumstances (as determined by the HBC), this may be extended to a third consecutive term.
Email us to find out more about the Hospice Boards Council.
Executive Committee
The chairs of members of Hospice UK in each region elect a representative to sit on an executive committee.
Ros Keeton, Chair of Compton Care, is the current chair of the Hospice Boards Council.
Regional representatives
Region | Representative |
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Chair | Ros Keeton, Chair, Compton Care |
North East | Vacant |
Yorks & Humber | David Dickson, Chair, St Leonard's Hospice |
East Midlands | Joanne Brunner, Chair, Nottinghamshire Hospice |
South West | Stephen Taylor, Chair, Dorothy House Hospice |
South East Coast | Karen Warden, Chair, Pilgrim's Hospice |
South Central | Andrew Meehan, Chair, Naomi House & Jack’s Place |
North West | David Brown, Chair, Pendleside Hospice |
East of England | Terry Philpott, Chair, Isabel Hospice |
West Midlands | Ros Keeton, Chair, Compton Care |
London | Sean Hilton, Chair, Princess Alice Hospice |
Wales | Michael Baker, Chair, City Hospice |
Scotland | Shona MacDougall, Co-Chair, Highland Hospice |
Northern Ireland | Gerry Millar, Chair, Northern Ireland Hospice |