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Meet your public governors

Public governors are drawn from 10 areas, with each formed from several of the wards in Birmingham. Each area has either one or two governors, in broad proportion to the use of the Trust's hospitals by residents of these regions. Public governors can be patients or non-patients but they do need to live in the constituency area.

Edgbaston

Professor Ian Trayer

Ian is a retired professor of biochemistry and most recently Head of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham. Ian has lived in Edgbaston for almost thirty years and was a founding member of the Edgbaston Residents' Association.

John Coleman

As a former patient at Selly Oak Hospital, John has first-hand experience of patient services at the Trust. He became a governor to fulfill his ambition of being proactively involved in the NHS. He is a volunteer Samaritan and is also a mentor with the prison service.

Erdington, Hodge Hill, Ladywood, Yardley, Perry Barr and Sutton Coldfield

Graham Bunch

Graham, has over 18 years' experience in human resources within the NHS and education sector. Now, as a patient,he plays an active role in healthcare as a volunteer and is been a Trust ambassador.

Graham was a finalist in the 2011 Best in Care Awards and is keen to help others have a voice in the future of healthcare provision in Birmingham.

Hall Green

Tony Mullins MBE

Tony, a retired building society manager and local school governor, has lived in Hall Green since 1963. He is actively involved with the voluntary sector, including the Duke of Edinburgh Award. He and his family have been patients of the Trust for many years.

David Spilsbury

David has several years’ experience as a governor of the Trust, having first been elected in 2004. He has played an active role in the Birmingham community for the last 50 years and has himself been a patient for many years. He takes particular interest in the monitoring of services.

Northfield

Margaret Burdett

Margaret is a retired maths teacher and ex-patient. She is Chair of Custody Visiting for West Midlands Police and a keen gardener. Margaret hopes to inform members on hospital progress and relay opinions to directors.

Edith Davies

Edith retired from her role as a health visitor and community practice teacher after twenty-four years. Formerly a midwife at the Birmingham Women's Hospital and a health visitor with South Birmingham Primary Care Trust, Edith offers her expertise in healthcare to the Trust.

Selly Oak

John Delamere

John, a recently retired consultant physician and former associate medical director, worked as a junior doctor at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QE) over twenty-five years ago. He has lived in Northfield for over thirty years and has been on the other side of treatment as a patient at the QE.

Valerie Reynolds

Valerie, a retired teacher and Head of Department, has lived in the Selly Oak area for over 40 years. As a carer of close family, Valerie is keen to play an active role on the Patient and Carer Council and represent the needs of the wider community, particularly in relation to elderly care.