January 2012 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

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ACTION:
Mr White to present an update on the data quality plans at
the February 2012 meeting of the Audit Committee
6.3 Quality Accounts action plan
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Mr Grainger‐Payne presented the updated version of the Quality Accounts
action plan and advised that the plan had been previously presented to and
was monitored by the Governance Board.
The action plan was highlighted to address observations raised as part of
the External Audit review of the Quality Account 2010/11 that had been
undertaken in the summer.
The status assigned to each action was reported to represent the position
as at 1 November 2011 and it was noted that the majority were at green
status. An amber status was highlighted to be assigned to a number of the
information‐related actions, however the Committee was assured that
plans were in place to address these delays.
It was agreed that a further update on the action plan should be presented
at the February 2012 meeting of the Audit Committee.
Mr White remarked that overall the process for preparing the 2011/12
Quality Account was more robust.
ACTION:
Mr Grainger‐Payne to arrange for a further update on the
Quality Account to be presented at the February 2012
meeting of the Audit Committee
6.4 Assurance Framework – Quarters 1 and 2
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Mr Grainger‐Payne presented the Board Assurance Framework (BAF) which
he advised had been updated to cover work in Quarters 1 and 2. The
Committee was advised that presentation of the BAF had been deferred
from the September 2011 meeting, to allow additional time for Executive
Directors to populate the revised template.
The BAF was highlighted to incorporate comments and recommendations
made as part of the Internal Audit review of the 2010/11 version.
The template was also noted to have been simplified and was accompanied
by more comprehensive guidance on the purpose of the document and the
information required to populate the BAF.
The work to populate the BAF by Executive Directors was reported to have
been more closely linked to an exercise to assess the risks to the delivery of
the annual priorities, which the Committee was advised had been an
effective measure.
The Committee’s attention was drawn to the examples provided of where
gaps in control and assurance had been identified and the measures that
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