Agenda and decisions

Risk, Audit and Performance Committee - Tuesday, 24th February, 2026 10.00 am

Venue: Virtual - Remote Meeting. View directions

Contact: Emma Robertson, Email: emmrobertson@aberdeencity.gov.uk 

Media

Items
No. Item

1.1

Declarations of interest or transparency statements

Decision:

These will be recorded in the minute of the meeting.

3.1

Minute of Previous Meeting of 19 November 2025 pdf icon PDF 248 KB

Decision:

to approve the minute as a correct record.

3.2

Business Planner pdf icon PDF 143 KB

Decision:

(i)       to request that the Clerk review the business planner and update report author details following the recent Aberdeen Health and Social Care Partnership appointments;

(ii)       to agree that a report providing an update on prescribing expenditure be added to the business planner for the August 2026 meeting; and

(iii)      to otherwise agree the business planner.

6.1

Delivery Plan Update - HSCP.26.009 pdf icon PDF 250 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

(i)       to request that officers ensure that deadlines were clearly set out in the delivery plan workplan in future reports to assist with scrutiny;

(ii)       to note the Delivery Plan Quarter 3 Workplan and Summary as appended to the report; and

(iii)      to agree that risks to the Delivery Plan were being monitored and that assurance was provided with the mitigations highlighted with the appendices to the report.

 

4.1

Quarter 3 - 2025/2026 Update on Budget and Savings Monitoring and Financial Risks Mitigations - HSCP.26.008 pdf icon PDF 796 KB

Decision:

(i)             to note that Members would discuss the style and content of future quarterly update reports at the upcoming development session, to ensure that Members were content with the balance of information provided;

(ii)            to note the results herein shown for the following periods and the related risks and mitigating measures:

a.    Updated funding (income) and cost of services (expenditure) for the fiscal year 2025/26 up to and including the end of Q3;

b.    Indicative costs of services / expenditure up to the end of the fiscal year, 31 March 2026; and

(iii)      to note that the Chief Officer and Chief Financial Officer would ensure that they maintained a focus on quantifying and managing the key risks identified, and responding to the recommendations, arising from the complex financial environment as evidenced in section 5 of the report, namely:

a.       Audit Scotland’s Annual Audit Report of 2024/251

b.       The Auditor General’s NHS Grampian s.22 Audit Report 2024/252;

c.        The IJB Strategic Risk Register3; and

d.       Internal Audits relating to the financial planning of the IJB for the

IJB’s Budget Setting and Monitoring of 2024.

5.1

Internal Audit Update - HSCP.26.011 pdf icon PDF 401 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

(i)       to note the contents of the RAPC - Internal Audit Update Report February 2026 (“the Internal Audit Update Report”), as appended at Appendix A, and the work of Internal Audit since the last update; and

(ii)       to note the progress against the approved 2025/26 Internal Audit Plan

as detailed in the Internal Audit Update Report.

5.2

Internal Audit Report - ACHSCP Health Care Staffing Scotland Act 2019 - HSCP.26.013 pdf icon PDF 230 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

to note the report.

5.3

Internal Audit Plan 2026-29- HSCP.26.012 pdf icon PDF 406 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

to approve the Internal Audit Plan for 2026-29 as attached at Appendix A of the report.

7.1

Date of Next Meeting - 26 May 2026

Decision:

to note the date and time of the next meeting.