Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Health Schedule 5 – Health Education England Membership
539.Paragraph 1 set outs the requirements for the membership of the Board of HEE. It provides that the Board must consist of a chair and six other non-executive members appointed by the Secretary of State, and a chief executive and no more than four executive members appointed by the chair and other non-executive members. Non-executive members are not employees of HEE. The chief executive and executive appointments will be employees of HEE.
540.Paragraph 2 specifies that the Board of HEE must include persons with clinical expertise of a type set out in regulations. Regulations may specify the number of executive and non-executive members which must have that clinical expertise. The regulations will set out the types of expertise that must be represented, for example a doctor, a nurse or a member of one of the other healthcare professions.
541.Paragraph 2 also makes provision that the non-executive members of HEE must include a person who will represent the interests of patients.