Article 4 Directors of the trust

The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.

The hospital referred to in article 3(2) is a hospital which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, has a significant teaching and research commitment and accordingly, since the trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment within the meaning of paragraph 3(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act one of the non-executive directors shall be appointed from The University of Newcastle upon Tyne.