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Governor Elections 2023 – Be the ‘Elected Voice’ of our members (Public and Staff) alongside the wider general public, representing their interests and views.

The Staff and Public Governor Election Nomination process for 2023 has now completed. Both the Staff & Public Statements for Nominated Candidates for 2023 are outlined below:

Governor Elections 2023 – Nominations have now closed, Candidate Election Statement details included below:

Public Governors

Seven (7) Public Governor seats were open in the following Public Constituencies:

Candidate Statements

Public Constituency

Seats open for election (now closed)

Manchester

Four (4)

Please click here to see the candidates that standing for election alongside their election statements

Trafford

One (1)

Please click here to see the candidates that standing for election alongside their election statements

Rest of Greater Manchester

One (1)

Please click here to see the candidates that standing for election alongside their election statements

Eastern Cheshire

One (1)

Please click here to see the candidates that standing for election alongside their election statements

Please note: During the current 2023 Governor Election process, there were NO seats open for election in the Rest of England & Wales Public Constituency.

Staff Governors

Three (3) Staff Governor seats were open in the following Staff Constituency:

Candiate statements:

Staff Classes

Seats open for election (now closed)

Medical and dental

One (1)

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Other clinical

One (1)

Please click here to see the candidates that standing for election alongside their election statements

Non-clinical and support

One (1)

Please click here to see the candidates that standing for election alongside their election statements

Please note: During the current 2023 Governor Election process, there were NO seats open for election in the Nursing & Midwifery Staff Class.

More information can be found on our Governor Election page.

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Become a Public Member of our NHS Foundation Trust

We would be delighted if you would consider being a public member of our Trust.  Anyone aged 11 years or over, who lives in England & Wales, can become a member and it is completely free.  Membership application is easy, simply apply via:

  • An online form, by clicking the ‘Become a Member of our Trust – Membership Form’ button on our website , or by scanning the QR code below.

A printable copy of the form is available herea QR code, or contact the Foundation Trust Membership Office via e-mail ft.enquiries@mft.nhs.uk or telephone 0161 276 8661.

Our ‘Membership FAQs’ provide more information or you can visit our ‘Information for Public Members’ webpage.

Our Staff are automatically invited to become staff members – find out more about Staff Membership on our ‘Information for Staff Members’ webpage.

Find out more about our Governors

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