Issue - meetings

The Committee had before it a report by Alex Stephen which presented the Committee with a summary of a recent NHSG Internal Audit report prepared by PwC.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee –

(a)          Note the content of the NHSG Internal Audit Report, as attached at Appendix A; and

(b)          Note the timescales as outlined in the action plan of the NHSG Internal Audit report, as attached at Appendix A.

Colin Harvey (IJB Internal Audit) advised that the recommendations by NHSG’s internal auditor and the Partnership’s proposed response both seemed reasonable.

Thereafter there was discussion on whether divergence amongst Grampian Partnerships in terms of performance reporting was due to locality planning and whether this was a positive development. Alison MacLeod advised that divergence would be limited as all Partnerships were required to demonstrate achievement against the nine national health and wellbeing outcomes.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to note the content of the NHSG Internal Audit Report, as attached at Appendix A; and

(ii)          to note the timescales as outlined in the action plan of the NHSG Internal Audit report, as attached at Appendix A.