Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

NHS trust South West England

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Governance and Operations

44 documents

Held: 12; Kinds of governance document held
Expected: 10; Of 10 this kind of body is expected to publish
Inside another: 2; Carried inside another document we hold
Still looking: 3; Not found by us yet

How it is constituted

The rules the body runs by, and who may take which decision under them.

Standing financial instructions

2 documents

Standing Financial InstructionsNo date on the source
Standing Financial InstructionsNo date on the source

Scheme of delegation

2 documents

Scheme of DelegationNo date on the source
Mental Health Act Scheme of DelegationNo date on the source

Governance manual

1 document

Governance manualNo date on the source

Terms of reference

13 documents, newest dated 1 Apr 2026

Read the Mental Health Legislation Committee Terms of ReferenceNo date on the source
Read the Finance and Performance Committee Terms of ReferenceNo date on the source
Read the People and Culture Committee (in common) Terms of ReferenceNo date on the source
Read the Strategy, Transformation and Partnership Committee (in common) Terms of ReferenceNo date on the source
Read the Remuneration Committee Terms of ReferenceNo date on the source
Read the Quality Committee (in common) Terms of ReferenceNo date on the source
Read the Audit Committee Terms of ReferenceNo date on the source
Audit Committee Terms of Reference (board pack, page 369)1 Apr 2026
Charitable Funds Committee Terms of Reference (board pack, page 42)1 Feb 2026
Mental Health Legislation Assurance Committee Terms of Reference (board pack, page 736)1 Dec 2025
Transformation & Partnerships Officer Audit and Governance Audit Committee Terms of Reference (board pack, page 87)1 Oct 2025
Transformation & Partnerships Officer Audit and Governance Audit Committee Terms of Reference (board pack, page 40)1 Aug 2025
Audit Committee Terms of Reference (board pack, page 353)1 Oct 2024

What it reports about itself

The annual account of how the year went, and what the board says it is carrying.

4 documents, newest dated 16 Mar 2026

Conflicts of interest PolicyNo date on the source
Conflicts of Interest PolicyNo date on the source
Register of directors' interests16 Mar 2026
Register of directors' interests11 Mar 2025

What it says it will do

Strategy, plans and the policies that follow from them, including equality, diversity and inclusion.

Strategy or plan

2 documents

The Dorset Digital Strategy, 2026-31No date on the source
'Working together, improving lives' - joint strategy for Dorset County Hospital and Dorset HealthCareNo date on the source

Policy

15 documents

Health and Safety PolicyNo date on the source
Disciplinary PolicyNo date on the source
Information Governance PolicyNo date on the source
Freedom of Information PolicyNo date on the source
Data Protection and Confidentiality PolicyNo date on the source
Freedom to Speak Up PolicyNo date on the source
Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) PolicyNo date on the source
Internet and Social Media Use Policy for Staff, Patients and Trust VisitorsNo date on the source
Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) PolicyNo date on the source
Data Protection and Confidentiality PolicyNo date on the source
Freedom of Information PolicyNo date on the source
Health and Safety PolicyNo date on the source
Disciplinary PolicyNo date on the source
Internet and Social Media Use Policy for Staff, Patients and Trust VisitorsNo date on the source
Information Governance PolicyNo date on the source

Equality, diversity and inclusion

1 document

Read a summary of the Committee responsibilitiesNo date on the source

What it must publish by law

The statutory publishing furniture every public body owes a reader who asks.

Publication scheme

1 document

Information publication schemeNo date on the source

Freedom of information

1 document

Freedom of InformationNo date on the source

Privacy notice

1 document

Privacy noticeNo date on the source

Accessibility statement

1 document

Accessibility statementNo date on the source

Expected, and carried inside another document

Each of these is published inside something else, and each says where.

Standing ordersInside another document: Named repeatedly inside this body's constitution, so it is very likely a chapter of that rather than a document of its own.
Assurance frameworkInside a board pack: Taken to the board as one of its papers, inside a board pack we hold. The papers tab has it.

Expected, and still looking

We have not found these yet. They are gaps in our collection, not findings about this trust, and each says how far we have got.

ConstitutionNot found by us yet: We have read the governance pages we hold for this body and not found one there. We have not yet searched its sitemap, its board page and its board packs for it.
Governance statementNot found by us yet: We have read the governance pages we hold for this body and not found one there. We have not yet searched its sitemap, its board page and its board packs for it.
Annual reportNot found by us yet: We have read the governance pages we hold for this body and not found one there. We have not yet searched its sitemap, its board page and its board packs for it.

Who may decide what

Read line by line out of this trust’s own scheme of reservation and delegation, with the page each line sits on.

Authorities: 4; Of 17 lines found, the rest did not come out of the PDF as a table
Schemes read: 1; Across 6 pages
Reserved: 1; Decisions the board keeps to itself
Delegated: 3; Handed to a committee or an officer

None of these lines carries a financial limit we could read. Most schemes print the limit in a column that does not come through when a PDF is read, so a missing figure says nothing about the scheme.

All 4 lines, the decision each one covers, whether the board reserved it, and the page it sits on, are part of a subscription.

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Source: documents published by Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust, collected and kept here because a body may take its own copy down. What this trust is expected to publish is recorded with the duty it comes from.