Board of Directors
Led by a Non-Executive Chair, the CPFT Board of Directors is made up of a Trust Chair, Deputy Trust Chair/Senior Independent Director, six Non-Executive Directors, one Associate Non-Executive Director, the Chief Executive Officer and six Executive Directors.
The Board is a unitary board responsible for ensuring that CPFT is accountable to the public for the services it manages.
You can view information on each Executive Director portfolio here: Executive Director portfolios
Details of all Trust Board Meetings are available to the right hand side of this page, along with copies of the Trust’s Constitution and Register of Interests.
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Rachel Gomm, Chief Nursing Officer
Lead Executive Director for the Quality, Safety and Patient Experience Committee.
Executive Committee Member for the Quality, Safety and Patient Experience Committee.
Executive Committee Member for the People and Culture Committee.
Rachel Gomm is Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Infection Prevention and Control at CPFT. A learning disability nurse by background, Rachel has more than 38 years' NHS experience across clinical, operational and executive leadership roles. She provides executive leadership for nursing, allied health professionals, infection prevention and control, patient safety, patient experience, safeguarding, quality improvement, compliance and legal services.
Rachel is passionate about leading teams, services and the organisation to create compassionate, inclusive and person-centred services where patients, carers and staff are genuine partners in improvement. She is a strong advocate for co-production, staff wellbeing, continuous learning and developing future clinical leaders.
As a member of the Trust Board and Executive Team, Rachel works closely with colleagues across CPFT and partner organisations to improve quality, safety and outcomes for the communities the Trust serves.