Question follow-through · 109457
NHS Foundation Trusts: Governing Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether foundation trusts will retain the option to maintain councils of governors under the 10 Year Health Plan for England.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether foundation trusts will retain the option to maintain councils of governors under the 10 Year Health Plan for England.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Council of Governors at National Health Service foundation trusts have a range of statutory roles and powers including representing the views of local populations, staff, and other stakeholders to the foundation trusts’ board. The removal of the Counc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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