Realising the full value of the NHS NEDs – weekly NHS NED meeting with Karen Daber – 25 November 2022

As part of its mission to promote good governance, GGI will host these facilitated, weekly virtual meetings to give NHS non-executive directors an opportunity to share their concerns, challenges and ideas as we rethink the future of health and social care.

The goal is to collectively think about the role NEDs play as part of the controlling mind of their organisations, to discuss immediate safeguarding issues and to ensure we all learn from this experience to assure better outcomes for citizens in the future. If you would like to join this meeting, please email events@good-governance.org.uk.

ABOUT

Chair: Usman Khan, Special Advisor, Good Governance Institute

In conversation with Karen Daber, Non-executive Director, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust... ‘Mission impossible? Realising the full value of the NEDs in the NHS’

• How can NEDs balance external and internal challenges to add value to their organisations?
• Are NEDs facing longer meetings and heavier reports and how is this impacting on good governance?
• How do NEDs best connect NEDs external knowledge and experience to board working?
• How can NEDs manage competing calls on their time to stay close to working 2-3 days a month?

About Karen Daber

Karen retired from policing at the rank of Assistant Chief Constable. She was a senior leader and influencer in policing, with extensive operational and strategic experience. Throughout her policing career, she has championed equality issues and been involved in coaching and mentoring other staff and officers.

Karen joined Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s NHS Foundation Trust as a non-executive director in June 2020. Keen to make a difference, Karen has immersed herself into the new role and become an active member in a number of committees and sub groups. Karen is proactive in her support of the staff networks, eager to ensure their views and concerns are acted upon. Karen is a member of the Seacole group, coordinating the new mentoring scheme for new and aspiring NEDS.

In the last years of her police career, she was head hunted by the College of Policing to lead the National Police Integrity Programme for England and Wales, which included developing and delivering a the national Code of Ethics for policing in 2014.

Karen is now self-employed and actively involved in coaching, mentoring and leadership development in the public and private sector. This has included work with local and international police forces. Karen continues to work with forces having designed and developed a positive action Developing Diverse Leaders programme, which since 2017 has seen positive results for BAME and female candidates seeking promotion and gaining senior positions in forces.

Karen has worked with Barnardo’s Charity over the past few years, designing and delivering a reciprocal mentoring programme with a partner company- People and Performance. The programme received a Training Journal award in 2017.

Karen is a qualified ILM L7 coach and qualified trainer. She brings her own life experience and passion to her equality and leadership training and development.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This meeting is by invitation and is open to all NHS non-executives directors, chairs and associate non-executive directors of NHS providers. Others may attend by special invitation.

For further details, comments, questions and suggestions please contact: events@good-governance.org.uk