Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 - Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Quality ReportLimitationsNon-financial performance information issubject to more inherent limitations thanfinancial information, given thecharacteristics of the subject matter andthe methods used for determining suchinformation.The absence of a significant body ofestablished practice on which to drawallows for the selection of different butacceptable measurement techniqueswhich can result in materially differentmeasurements and can impactcomparability. The precision of differentmeasurement techniques may also vary.Furthermore, the nature and methodsused to determine such information, aswell as the measurement criteria and theprecision thereof, may change over time.It is important to read the Quality Reportin the context of the criteria set out in theNHS Foundation Trust Annual ReportingManual.ConclusionBased on the results of our procedures,nothing has come to our attention thatcauses us to believe that, for the yearended 31 March 2013:l the Quality Report is not prepared inall material respects in line with thecriteria set out in the NHS FoundationTrust Annual Reporting Manual;l the Quality Report is not consistent inall material respects with the sourcesspecified in the Detailed Guidancefor External Assurance on QualityReports; andl the indicators in the Quality Reportsubject to limited assurance have notbeen reasonably stated in all materialrespects in accordance with the NHSFoundation Trust Annual ReportingManual.The scope of our assurance work has notincluded governance over quality or nonmandatedindicators which have beendetermined locally by The Royal Bournemouthand Christchurch Hospitals NHSFoundation Trust.Deloitte LLPChartered AccountantsSouthampton24 May 2013Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 105