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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 the neonatal concerns, and what challenge (or lack of challenge) the board offered the executive team.
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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.
See our profile of Sir Duncan Nichol and the evidence of Tony Chambers and Ian Harvey on the executive reports to the board.