The Local Partnership Forum (LPF) is the formal mechanism for the Health Board and Trade Union/Professional Organisation Representatives to work together to improve health services. It is the forum where key stakeholders will engage with each other to inform, debate and seek to agree local priorities on workforce and health service issues.
LPF is co-chaired by the Chair of Staff Representatives and the Executive Director of Workforce and OD. Members are Staff Representatives (including the Independent Member for Trade Unions), the Executive Team and Chief Executive, the Director of Corporate Governance, the Assistant Directors of Workforce and OD and the Head of Workforce Governance. The Forum meets 6 times a year.
The purpose of the LPF, as set out in the Terms of Reference, fall into four overarching themes: communicate, consider, consult and negotiate, and appraise.
Committee Chair: Rachel Gidman, Executive Director of People and Culture
Dawn Ward, Chair of Staff Representatives, BAOT/UNISON
Lead Executive: Executive Director of People & Culture
Secretariat: Rachel Pressley
If you would like to attend a meeting as an observer, or would like any further information, please contact Rachel Pressley on 029 2183 6296.
| 2022 | 2023-2024 | 2024-25 |
| 11 April 2024 13 June 2024 5 August 2024 9 October 2024 |
Please click to view the papers from previous meetings of the Local Partnership Forum