Remuneration and Nomination Committee Assurance Report - February 2025
Meeting: Public Board
Date: 12 February 2025
Report Title: Remuneration and Nomination Committee Assurance Report
Agenda Item: PUB25/02/4.3
Committee Date: 27 November 2024
Meeting Chair: Catherine Glickman, Non-Executive Director / Committee Chair
Meeting quorate: YES
Purpose: Assurance
Recommendation: The Board is asked to receive assurance from the business discussed at the meeting and to review the matters for escalation and referral.
Link to Strategic Objective:
- Be an exceptional place to work, volunteer and learn
Summary of Items Considered at the Meeting
| Issue | Consideration | Resolution/Outcome | Assurance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellbeing Support | The Chief People Officer explained the provisions in place for the Directors and Deputy Directors and how they were supporting one another. It was recognised that the operational pace was demanding and support for wellbeing was important to support the personal and professional resilience of the leadership team. | The Committee recognised the challenges, supported the wellbeing interventions and offered support personally if valuable. | |
| Fit and Proper Persons Test | The annual submission for 2024-25 was submitted in June 2024. An audit carried out in August 2024 offered ‘Reasonable assurance’, with recommendations that were currently being implemented. | The Committee reviewed the actions from the audit, all of which were on track. | |
| Executive Portfolio Update | Neill Moloney, CEO, briefed the Committee on how he wanted to structure his leadership team in order to deliver the EEAST strategy. He wanted to retain the changes made in the Autumn, specifically increasing the remit of the People Portfolio, moving teams from Integration into Strategy, and Clinical Education/Legal Governance under the Chief Paramedic. He planned to introduce a new role of Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, focussed on introducing business process improvements harnessing technology. He also wanted to appoint a Director of Governance: detailed specification for this role to be drawn up after a governance review is carried out. He also thought that Estates should move into the Finance and Sustainability portfolio. | There was a good discussion about the current and proposed structures and roles, with support for the two new roles and redistribution of responsibilities. | |
| Executive Objectives | The Chair and CEO had developed a set of objectives for the next 6-months: these would be revised in March and would take into account national, regional planning guidance for 2025-26. | The Committee supported the objectives for the rest of the 2024-25 year and asked the CEO to align the Executive Leadership Team’s objectives. | |
| Secondment: Director of Integration | The Committee was updated on the secondment of the Director of Integration to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and reviewed the contract. | The Committee approved the contract. | |
| Redundancy Payments | As a result of change programmes, the Chief People Officer explained that redeployment options had been exhausted and therefore redundancy payments were due. | The Committee approved the redundancy payments. | |
| Senior Fixed-Term Contracts Review | An annual review of senior fixed-term contracts – the current number was the lowest for a number of years. | The Committee was satisfied that the number of fixed-term contracts were low and appropriate. | |
| Employment Tribunals (ETs) and Employee Relations (ER) Update | The Chief People Officer updated the Committee on the number and nature of the current cases; the volume and resolution of cases was also discussed. | The Committee continued to support speedy resolution, including informal resolution if appropriate. The Committee recognised that the volume may require additional resources to meet the targeted timescales. |
Matters for escalation or referral
None
