The National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2014
These Regulations amend the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990 (“the 1990 Regulations”) relating to the disqualification for appointment of a chairman and non-executive director. In particular, these Regulations remove restrictions so as to allow a person:to be a chair or non-executive director of an NHS trust if that person is already a chair or non-executive director of another NHS trust or NHS foundation trust;to be a non-executive director of an NHS trust if that person is an executive director or an employee of an NHS trust or is a director or employee of an NHS foundation trust; andto be a non-executive director of an NHS trust if that person is performing or providing primary medical, dental or ophthalmic services under the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) or is a partner, shareholder, director or employee of an organisation providing those services.