Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual  Members’ Meeting (AMM) took place on Wednesday 15 November 2023, which included a presentation from our guest speaker, Terri Saunderson, Director of Operations on the progress made regarding the Trust’s Virtual Ward Programme. To view the presentations from the event and other related information click here.

About Membership

Membership is free, and open to anyone aged 16 and above. By becoming a member, you choose if and when you get involved.

As a member, you can:

  • Elect Governors to represent you on the Council of Governors
  • Help us shape our plans for the future through engagement and member events
  • Receive regular information about what we are doing
  • Benefit from discounts on many products and services with the Health Service Discounts scheme
  • Stand for election to the Council of Governors

Our membership plan for 2023/2024 is available here. Progress against the plan is monitored by our membership Development Group with reports regularly provided to our Board and Council of Governors.

About our Members

Membership of Bradford Teaching Hospitals is divided into constituencies. Each constituency votes for its representatives on the Council of Governors. The constituencies are:

Public Members:

  • Bradford East
  • Bradford South
  • Bradford West
  • Keighley
  • Shipley
  • Rest of England and Wales (have not been treated by our Trust but live outside of the BMDC area)

Patient Members:

  • Out of Bradford (have been treated by our Trust and live outside of the BMDC area)

Staff Members:

An individual who is employed by the Trust under a contract of employment is automatically enrolled as a staff member in one of the below constituencies:

  • Nursing and Midwifery
  • Allied Health Professionals and Scientists
  • Medical and Dental
  • All other staff (Admin & Clerical, Estates & Ancillary and, Additional Clinical Services)

Important notes

Your details will be held in accordance with the current Data Protection Act.

Whilst Members have the ability to influence the developments of the Trust, they do not get preferential treatment as patients – this is determined on clinical need.

We encourage as many people from our constituencies as possible to become members to fully reflect the diversity of our community in terms of its geography, as well as gender, ethnicity, health status and social economic groupings.

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Membership news

Keep up to date with our membership e-bulletin and newsletters, you can read them on the membership news page.