NHS PCT Secretaries' Forum

The ICSA NHS PCT secretaries' forum seeks to:

• raise awareness and understanding of good governance, compliance and administration within NHS PCTs
• represent the views of PCT secretaries through initiating discussion and responding to consultation documents
• promote and develop the role of the PCT secretary
• offer support and professional development to those holding the key governance role in their organisation; and
• organise meetings that will not only enable members to examine their own practice but also network with others.

The forum is open to members and non-members of ICSA, but is restricted to those performing the key governance support function in NHS primary care  trusts and emerging clinical commissioning groups.

These notes listed below are a very broad record of the discussions of the above forum. They are drafted in such a manner to draw attention to the general issues facing the trust secretary role, while respecting the Chatham House rule under which discussions took place.