Issue - meetings

(i)             to note that The IJB Chair would forward information to the Strategy and Transformation Lead regarding good practice in Forth Valley; and

(ii)           to otherwise note the recommendations made by Audit Scotland in the ‘NHS in Scotland 2021’ report.

Appendix A – pages 19-27

(i)             to agree that reference to the IJB’s development work on Culture would be added to the final version of the document;

(ii)            to instruct the Chief Finance Officer to review climate change duties and take recommendations on the implications back to Committee; and

(iii)          To otherwise approve the sources of assurance, as highlighted in Appendix A of the report.

The Committee had before it a report on the Local Code of Corporate Governance which was a review of the governance for the Integration Joint Board (IJB) previously agreed by Audit & Performance Systems Committee (APS).  The purpose of the report was to allow the Risk, Audit and Performance Committee (RAPC) to comment on the sources of assurances used to measure the effectiveness of the governance principles contained in the CIPFA/SOLACE ‘Delivering Good Governance in Local Government: Framework’ document.

The Chief Finance Officer spoke to the report and responded to questions from Members.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee approve the sources of assurance, as highlighted in Appendix A of the report.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to agree that reference to the IJB’s development work on Culture would be added to the final version of the document;

(ii)            to instruct the Chief Finance Officer to review climate change duties and take recommendations on the implications back to Committee; and

(iii)          to otherwise approve the recommendation.