The Western Health and Social Care Trust Board has the following responsibilities:
- sets the strategic direction of the organisation
- reviews performance and quality outcomes
- determines effective stewardship of the organisation’s resources
- ensures that the highest standards of governance and personal conduct are maintained
The membership of the Trust Board is:
- Mr B Telford, Vice Chair
- Ms R Laird CBE, Non-Executive Director
- Mr S Hegarty, Non-Executive Director
- Mr J McPeake, Non-Executive Director
- Rev Canon J McGaffin, Non-Executive Director
- Professor H McKenna CBE, Non-Executive Director
- Dr A McGinley, Non-Executive Director
- Mrs K Hargan, Chief Executive
- Ms E McCauley, Executive Director of Finance, Contracts & Capital Development
- Ms D Keenan, Executive Director of Nursing, Midwifery & AHP Services
- Mr S McLaughlin, Interim Executive Director of Social Work/Director of Women’s and Children’s Services
- Dr B Lavery, Medical Director
- Ms G McKay, Director of Unscheduled Care, Medicine, Cancer and Clinical Services (in attendance)
- Ms K O’Brien, Director of Adult Mental Health & Disability Services (in attendance)
- Mrs G McAleer, Interim Director of Human Resources & Organisation Development (in attendance)
- Mrs T Molloy, Director of Planning, Performance & Corporate Services (in attendance)
- Mr M Gillespie, Director of Surgery, Paediatrics & Women’s Health (in attendance)
- Dr M O’Neill, Director of Community & Older People’s Services (in attendance)
- Mr O Kelly, Head of Communications (in attendance)
To obtain a copy of the Register of Interests of our Trust Board members, please contact the Chief Executive’s offices by emailing Madonna.mcginley@westerntrust.hscni.net .
Papers of the Board’s Committees can be available
Papers of the Board’s Committees can be available via the Trust’s Freedom of Information Office. Please email FOI.Request@westerntrust.hscni.net
Voting
Directors who are “In Attendance” are not eligible to vote should that requirement arise.
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Trust Board meetings for 2026 are listed below.
Trust Board meetings will commence at 11.00am.
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Thursday, 8 January 2026
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Thursday, 5 February 2026
- Thursday, 5 March 2026
- Thursday, 7 May 2026
- Thursday, 4 June 2026
- Thursday, 2 July 2026
- Thursday, 27 August 2026
- Thursday, 24 September 2026
- Thursday, 26 November 2026
- Thursday, 17 December 2026
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Trust Board Meeting Dates for 2027
Western Health and Social Care Trust Board 2027
- Thursday, 28 January 2027
Lecture Theatre 1 – Trust Headquarters
- Thursday, 25 February 2027
Old School Canteen, T&F Hospital Omagh
- Thursday, 25 March 2027
Boardroom, South West Acute Hospital
- Thursday, 27 May 2027
Lecture Theatre 1 – Trust Headquarters
- Thursday, 24 June 2027
Lecture Theatre 1 – Trust Headquarters
- Thursday, 26 August 2027
Lecture Theatre 1 – Trust Headquarters
- Thursday, 30 September 2027
Boardroom, South West Acute Hospital
- Thursday, 25 November 2027
Old School Canteen, T&F Hospital Omagh
- Thursday, 16 December 2027
Lecture Theatre 1 – Trust Headquarters
Trust Board meetings will commence at 11.00am.