Latest edition (August 2025) of HDFT Member News
Please click here to download the August 2025 Membership Newsletter
Annual Members’ Meeting 2025
Members of the public are invited to join Governors and senior leaders from Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) at its Annual Members’ Meeting on Monday 22 September 2025. This year’s event is being held in the Derwent Room at The Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, HG2 8NZ. Registration for the formal meeting will take place from 4:30pm and there will be networking opportunities and refreshments for attendees. The formal meeting will commence at 5pm and finish at 6:45pm.
Please email [email protected] to let us know you are attending.
Copies of the agenda and the Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25 will be available in due course.
Previous editions of HDFT Member News
Please click here to download the August 2024 Membership Newsletter
Please click here to download June 2022 Membership Newsletter
Please click here to download December 2021 Membership Newsletter
Chairman’s April update
Please click here to read the April update from Chairman Angela Schofield (published 23 April 2020).
Governor elections
Have you considered standing to be a Governor at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust? Please visit the Governor elections page for further details.
Members’ Engagement Events
We are hoping to recommence Members’ engagement events soon – please look out for updates here.
Council of Governors
Council of Governors’ meetings take place on a quarterly basis and are open to members of the public. We welcome questions from the public or members of the Trust; these should be addressed to the Chairman along with confirmation of attendance at the meeting and sent to [email protected] no less than 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Governors represent the interests of the Trust members and the general public and this public meeting provides the opportunity to see them in action.
Click here to be directed to the Council of Governors’ meetings page where you can find further details.
Board meetings
The Board meets in formal session on a number of occasions annually, to receive assurance about the performance of the Trust, review strategic risk and make decisions on future development and management.
Meetings of the Board of Directors are held in two parts. The main meeting is open to the public while a shorter private session discusses issues which are commercial-in-confidence and/or disclose patient and staff identifiable information.
Please visit the Board Meetings page for further details.
Coronavirus – a message from our Chairman
Please click here to read the message from our Chairman, Angela Schofield, to all of our Members (published 25 March 2020).