1. Building our Future: Programme Board TOR PURPOSE To be the governing forum for the design & effective delivery of the Building our Future Programme To provide leadership & performance management To act as the final escalation point from all Project Boards providing leadership To provide direction and leadership in engaging with partner organisations i.e. PCT & SHA OBJECTIVES To provide assurance to the Trust Board To ensure the Building our Future Programme is informed by the NBT Integrated Business Plan To ensure the Building our Future Programme aligns & fits with our strategic objectives To provide a strategic Horizon Scanning role within the Health Community Provide strategic support & leadership to the overall change effort To performance manage progress and delivery of projects & Programmes Provide leadership in the resolution of project & programme risks escalated to the Board To facilitate engagement across the Trust ensuring programme & project ownership is achieved To provide a monitoring role in quality & financial benefits realisation To review & prioritise & sign-off new change project business cases To agree the communication & engagement strategy with internal & external stakeholders & ensure delivery To govern non-delivery & impose appropriate corrective actions DELIVERABLES NBT Integrated Business Plan Approve & sign-off programme dash board Approve business case submissions Programme planning and delivery prioritisation Decisions & recommendations for the resolution of escalated risks Sign-off programme development, financial planning & project delivery revisions BOARD CHAIR Non-Executive Director MEMBERSHIP Chief Executive Non-Executive Director Director of Finance Medical Director Director of Assurance & Information Director Organisation, People & Performance Director of Projects Director of Facilities Director of Nursing Director of Operations Head of Marketing and Communications Interim Director of Programmes PROTOCOLS The Board will be quorate with 6 Members The Board will sit monthly for 2 hours Agendas & papers will be circulated at least 4 days in advance BENEFITS Executive and senior stakeholder ownership & sponsorship is secured against the programme Performance management and reporting between the Programme Board & programme/project delivery owners is governed within an appropriate framework Strategic leadership from the Programme Board is provided to the whole change effort Accountability & responsibility for the delivery of quality and financial benefits is established by the Board with Directorate Management Teams Transparent decision making across the programme of change is established enabling programme & project managers to make informed decisions Financial scrutiny is established, governing project investment against projected financial benefit realisation A cultural shift towards programme ownership, delivery and benefits realisation ASSUMPTIONS Board members attend meetings in order to maintain Board authority Programme Board reports to the Trust Board Project Boards are established and have a formal channel in to the Programme Board Decisions & approvals that cannot be made at Board are done so within a reasonable amount of time The Board take immediate action against RED programme & project risks