Governance

Liverpool Cancer Research UK Centre Governance Board: Terms of Reference

REMIT

This is to oversee:

The continued appraisal and development of the strategy of the Centre as a world class cancer research organisation.
The specific objectives of the Centre.
The administrative workings of the Centre.
The financial management of the Centre.

GOVERNANCE BOARD

The Board is responsible for ensuring the integrated working of the key NHS partners and the University with Cancer Research UK to deliver the strategy and objectives of the Liverpool Centre.

The Governance Board must be representative of:

Cancer Clinicians and Scientists at the University of Liverpool and the NHS
Key NHS organisational partners
The University of Liverpool
Cancer Research UK and the Centres Initiative.

The Governance Board is to meet four times a year or as frequently as the Board deems necessary to discharge its remit.

Membership I Greer – EPVC (Chair) J Neoptolemos - Centre Director M Clague –  Science/Deputy Director A Cannell – CCO CEO T Bell – RLBUHT CEO N Jones - CRUK Lead Scientist J Reynolds– CRUK Centres’ Director D Campbell – CEO NHS Merseyside C Holcombe – MCCN  Clinical Director E Costello – LECMC G Greenwood – CCR Chairman J Lewys-LLoyd - NWCRF Chairman

The membership of the Board is to be reviewed annually .

The Centre's Operational Executive and Research Committee report directly to the Governance Board.

Future meeting dates are as follows:

Governance Board - 2nd March 2012

Operational Executive - 16th February 2012

Research Committee - 8th March 2012.