Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 - Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Financial Accountsmonitoring meetings with the ClinicalCommissioning Group where quality,activity, performance, finance andrisk management are presented anddiscussed.As an employer with staff entitledto membership of the NHS PensionScheme, control measures are in placeto ensure all employer obligationscontained within the Scheme regulationsare complied with. This includes ensuringthat deductions from salary, employer’scontributions and payments in to theScheme are in accordance with theScheme rules, and that member PensionScheme records are accurately updatedin accordance with the timescalesdetailed in the Regulations.The Foundation Trust has undertakenrisk assessments and Carbon ReductionDelivery Plans are in place in accordancewith emergency preparedness and civilcontingency requirements, as basedon UKCIP 2009 weather projects, toensure that this organisation’s obligationsunder the Climate Change Act and theAdaptation Reporting requirements arecomplied with. The Carbon ReductionGroup for the Trust is in place andhas agreed delivery plans for carbonreduction measures.Control measures are in place to ensurethat all the organisation’s obligationsunder equality, diversity and humanrights legislation are complied with.Equality Impact Assessments (EIA’s)are carried out on all Trust policies andservice developments. A toolkit hasbeen developed and is available on theTrust intranet and results of EIA’s arealso shown on the Trust website. TheFoundation Trust has an Equality andDiversity Committee which is chairedby a Board Director and has widerepresentation from across the Trust.Sub-groups report into the Equalityand Diversity committee and have anagreed work plan which ensures that theFoundation Trust meets its obligations.Data is used throughout the trust’sgovernance processes and is largelyhandled by the Trust’s informationdepartment and finance function. Thetrust utilises a data warehouse, whichincorporates daily feeds from the patientadministration system and other clinicaland operational systems. Informationreporting is therefore largely from asingle point of reference providing agreater degree of assurance. In additionto the data warehouse there are also thestandard internal and external qualitychecking and control processes.Review of economy, efficiencyand effectiveness of the use ofresourcesThe Foundation Trust employs a numberof internal mechanisms and externalagencies to ensure the best use ofresources.Executive and senior managers in theorganisation have responsibility for theeffective management and deploymentof their staff and other resourcesto maximise the efficiency of theirdirectorates or departments.The Board of Directors considers theTrust to be fully compliant with theprinciples of The NHS Foundation TrustCode of Governance as well as with theprovisions of the Code in all respects,save as to paragraphs A1.3, A.3.2 andC2.2 where there are other arrangementsin place.The Foundation Trust achieved a financialrisk rating of 3, demonstrating a stronglevel of financial performance andmanagement of the organisation andalso showed that we represent valuefor money and make good use of publicmoney in the planning and delivery of ourservices. The trust also received fundingfrom the Strategic Health Authority during2012/13, to support the costs incurredin relation to the merger and for specificpressures in relation to the significantlevel of non-elective patients experiencedduring the winter period.Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 11