Members of the Board are drawn from the hospital leadership and staff; the municipality; and the community at large, which it serves.

In addition, persons with expertise may be nominated by peers and appointed by the Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) for the Provincial Government of the Western Cape.

Wesley Diphoko (Chairman)

Issac Calvert (Deputy Chairman)

Ronald Layman (Treasurer)

Dr. Natasha Blanckenberg (Hospital Manager)

Mandy Shrimpton

Maghmoed Kara

Renee Da Silva

Eileen Louw

The main purpose of the Board, whom all are volunteers is to:

• participate in strategic planning;

• monitor the performance, effectiveness and efficiency of the hospital and measures taken by the hospital management to improve the performance and quality of service of the hospital;

• take measures to ensure that the needs, concerns and complaints of patients and the community are properly addressed by the hospital management;

• foster community support for the hospital;

• encourage volunteers to offer their services in performing general duties for the hospital;

• request and review at least once a year the financial statements and annual financial statements of the hospital;

• raise funds for the functioning of the Board and Hospital;

• at reasonable times and in cooperation with the hospital management conduct scheduled visits to the hospital, without impeding its functioning, and provide constructive written feedback on such visits to the management.