Bradford Teaching Hospitals gives notice here that we will be holding elections and are seeking nominations between Tuesday 10 December 2024 and 5pm on Friday 10 January 2025.
We are seeking people from different backgrounds to represent the diverse communities that we serve here at our Trust.
For this election we are seeking nominations from the following membership groups:
- 1 Governor from our Keighley public membership constituency
- 1 Governor from our ‘Patient (Out of Bradford)’ membership constituency
- 2 Governors from our Staff Nursing and Midwifery membership group
- 1 Governor from our Staff Medical and Dental membership group
- 1 Governor from our Staff ‘All other Staff Groups’ membership group. (This group covers our staff who are part of the following staff groups: Admin & Clerical, Estates & Facilities and, additional Clinical Services.)
Please see our special document, Becoming a Governor, to find out more about the role and the commitment.
You can also hear from our Governor, Ibrar Hussain, who explains how being a governor can really make a difference.
How to nominate yourself
- You can nominate yourself by completing a short form. The nomination form will be available from Tuesday 10th December 2025 here at this link http://www.cesvotes.com/bradfordteaching2025 (please note: this link will not be active until 10 December 2024)
- To nominate yourself you need to be a member of the Trust in the membership constituency/group where we are holding an election.
About our membership and how to become a member
Membership is completely free with public/patient and staff membership open to anyone aged 16 years or over. Our public membership constituency is made up of people who live in the following areas:
- Bradford South
- Bradford East
- Bradford West
- Shipley
- Keighly
- Rest of England & Wales
Our patient membership constituency is made up of people who live outside of the Bradford District but have been referred to our hospitals for treatment or, are the carer of such a person. This membership constituency is described as;
- Patient (outside of the Bradford district)
Our staff become members automatically upon permanent appointment – unless they choose to opt out of membership. Our staff membership constituency is divided into the following staff groups:
- All Other Staff Groups (Admin & Clerical, Estates & Facilities and, additional Clinical Services)
- Nursing & Midwifery
- Medical & Dental
- Allied Health Professionals and Scientists(AHPS)
If you want to stand for election you need to be a member of our Foundation Trust
For our public and patients – to join our membership just complete an on-line form available here https://secure.membra.co.uk/Join/BradfordTeaching
As part of the NHS membership application process, you will be asked to supply your personal data, with any data that you supply being used only to contact you about the Trust’s Membership and/or other related issues and will be processed for these purposes only and will not be shared with third parties and will be stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
Not sure if you are already a member? Then email membership@bthft.nhs.uk
Results of our previous Council of Governor Elections
View the Report of Voting for our most recent elections ended 2 July 2024.
View the Uncontested Report for our most recent elections ended 2 July 2024.
