Welcome to our Board

 

The Board is accountable for our vision, strategy, operational management, and financial decisions. We have a unitary Board which consists of fourteen Board Members, eight voting Non-Executive Directors, including the Chair, and seven voting Executive Directors.

 

Executive Directors 

Our Executive Directors are responsible for the day to day management of the Trust and are also part of the Board. They are led by the Chief Executive. 

 

Non-Executive Directors 

Non-Executive Directors ensure that the Board acts in the best interests of our patients and community. They are appointed based on their skill and experience for a specific term. 

 

Trust Chair

The Trust Chair, who is a Non-Executive Director holds a dual role as Chair of the Board of Directors as well as the Council of Governors. This means that the Chair is responsible for leading both the Board and the Council of Governors to ensure that they are working together effectively.

Additionally, the Board also includes a Deputy Chair who deputises for the Chair when appropriate and a Senior Independent Director (SID) who is appointed by the Board made in consultation with the Council of Governors. The SID should act as the point of contact with the Board of Directors if Governors have concerns which approaches through normal channels have failed to resolve or for which such approaches are inappropriate. The SID may also act as the point of contact with the Board for Governors when they discuss for example the Chair's performance.

The Board works closely with our Council of Governors who represents the views of our local community.

 

Contacting the Board 

All Board members may be contacted via the Contact Us page here. 

 

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Neil Lentern

Neil Lentern

 

Director of Paramedic Practice

Neil originally joined the Trust in January 2000 as an ambulance care assistant before working his way through several roles including technician, paramedic, and HEMS paramedic.  He later became a lecturer practitioner at the University of Plymouth where he taught on the paramedic practitioner degree. During this time he was a UK Resuscitation Council ALS instructor and championed excellence in the management of cardiac arrest to improve outcomes.

Neil went on to a number of other roles within the education team before working as the Head of Education for several years during which time, he chaired the National Education Network for Ambulance Services and led the introduction of the paramedic degree apprenticeship within the Trust.  

As an experienced leader he later went on to work for Health Education England Southwest, leading a number of strategic work programmes requiring collaboration across system partners.  During this time, Neil joined the board of trustees for Cornwall Air Ambulance where he was responsible for the governance and strategic direction of the charity along with the other board members.  

In December 2021, Neil took a year out to work in industry to gain some new experiences, recognising the need to round his leadership experience outside of health.  He worked as a Chief Operating Officer in a ventilation company before returning to the Trust as the director of paramedic practice in early 2023.  Neil has a passion for developing people and improving patient care and currently represents the trust on the national chief paramedic group.

In his spare time, he enjoys hobby farming and running albeit slowly these days.

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