Board meetings

In February 2022, the Board of Directors of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Board of Directors of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust formed a hospital group, with a shared Executive team and a number of non-executive directors in common.

Our Group Board arrangements

Since May 2023, the Board of Directors of St George’s University Hospitals (SGUH) have met as a Group Board with the Board of Directors of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals (ESTH). Under these arrangements the Trust Board of St George’s and the Trust Board of Epsom and St Helier have each established a new “Group Board” committee, the “Group Board (St George’s)” and the “Group Board (Epsom & St Helier)” respectively.

The new Group Board committees are formally constituted as committees of the SGUH and ESTH Boards. The Committees act under delegated authority from, and at all times remain accountable to, their respective ‘parent’ Trust Boards.

All business conducted by each Committee is conducted in the name of the respective Trust. In effect, the two Group Board committees will manage both Trusts within the Group. To give effect to these arrangements, both Trust Boards have delegated authority extensively to their respective Group Board committee.

Minutes of all Group Board meetings are published on the St George’s and the Epsom and St Helier Trust websites.

Public access to meetings and arrangements for submitting questions to the Group Board

Group Board meetings, like Trust Board meetings, are held in public and members of the public are very welcome to attend in person.

Group Board Meeting Dates

2025/2026

1 May 2025  – Group Board Meeting (Public) – QMH, Sheen and Richmond Rooms, Roehampton, SW15 5PN

3 July 2025 – Group Board Meeting (Public) – Epsom Hospital, Conference Room One, Dorking Rd, Epsom KT18 7EG

5 September 2025 – Group Board Meeting (Public)  – St Helier Hospital, Whitehall Lecture Theatre, Wrythe Lane, Sutton, Carshalton SM5 1AA

6 November 2025 – Group Board Meeting (Public) – St Georges Hospital, Hyde Park Room, Blackshaw Rd, London SW17 0QT

8 January 2026 – Group Board Meeting (Public) – Epsom Hospital, Conference Room One, Dorking Rd, Epsom KT18 7EG

5 March 2026 – Group Board Meeting (Public) – St Georges Hospital, Hyde Park Room, Blackshaw Rd, London SW17 0QT

Publication of Group Board meeting papers

The agendas for Group Board meetings will be published the Friday before each meeting and can be found Here.

Questions from the public to the Group Board may be submitted up to 24 hours before the meeting, and responses to questions will typically be given at the end of the meeting. If you have questions you would like to ask the Group Board, please submit these to esth.boardquestions@nhs.net Unfortunately, we are not able to answer questions not received in advance.

Further information

For further information regarding group or Trust board meetings, or if you would like copies of any of the agenda papers, please contact:

Group Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
St George’s Hospital
Blackshaw Road
London
SW17 0QT

Tel: 020 8725 2187
Email: board@stgeorges.nhs.uk