January 2012 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

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this would form part of the creditor payment review, however this may be
considered as a specific piece of work as part of the next year’s
programme.
5.4 Internal Audit self‐assessment against Key Performance Indicators
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Mr Capener presented a self‐assessment of performance against a number
of key performance indicators for Internal Audit. He highlighted a ‘hot spot’
in terms of management response times. The Committee was informed
that currently, 76% of draft reports were issued within 10 days of the exit
meeting, which needed to be improved to achieve the target of 90%. Mr
Capener advised that this was a challenging target to meet and that current
performance was of a level similar to that in other organisations.
Dr Sahota noted that on occasion, issuing the final reports had also taken
longer than the desired time. Mr Capener advised that this was reflective
of the cases where a more complex management response was required
and the need for Executive Directors to sign off the reports. Mr Capener
was asked to detail the cases that had taken the longest to issue in the next
update.
Professor Alderson asked for an explanation as to how the post audit
questionnaires were used. Mr Capener explained that a set of questions
would be presented to the responsible manager which covered the key
processes undertaken as part of the audit. The Committee was informed
that any negative responses received as part of the questionnaire were
followed up. Mrs Hunjan asked what the current response rate was and
whether it represented an improvement on the position in previous years.
Mr Capener offered to determine the position.
ACTION:
ACTION:
Mr Capener to include a list of final review responses that
had taken the longest time to issue in the next Internal
Audit progress update
Mr Capener to determine the response rates to post‐audit
questionnaires and to assess whether this represented an
improvement on the position from previous years
5.5 Counter Fraud progress report, including an update on open cases
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Mr Westwood reported that training in counter fraud continued to be
delivered to staff on induction and during the year 415 individuals had
been trained in this way.
Eight counter fraud cases were highlighted to have been carried forward
from the previous year, with 13 new investigations having been referred.
Reasonable progress against the Counter Fraud plan was reported and it
was noted to be on track for delivery by the year end.
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