I am standing to be a Public Governor of the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust because I believe that the people who come under the enlarged area of the Trust should have grass roots representation at the Board of Governors and be able to hold the Trust Board to task through the offices of the Non-Executive Directors.
I live in East Grinstead and know what its like to be on the outer edge of Sussex, where we are often left out. I have never worked for the NHS but understand its workings from past experience when I was a Governor at the Queen Victoria hospital, where I took a keen interest in quality and governance.