Context
Sir Duncan Nichol was Chair of the Trust Board from 2013 to 2018. His Thirlwall Inquiry evidence addresses governance: what non-executive directors knew, how board minutes recorded (or did not record) the neonatal concerns, and what challenge the board offered the executive team.
Key passages
Sir Duncan Nichol
The board was briefed by the Chief Executive and the Medical Director on the matter in general terms. In hindsight, I would say we should have pressed for more granular information than we did.
Counsel to the Inquiry
Sir Duncan, the board minutes record no challenge by non-executive directors of the executive team’s handling of this matter across 2015 and 2016. Is that a fair summary?
Sir Duncan Nichol
That is a fair summary of what is recorded.
What to read alongside this
See our profile of Sir Duncan Nichol and the evidence of Tony Chambers and Ian Harvey on the executive reports to the board.