Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 - Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Financial AccountsConclusionThe Head of Internal Audit states in hisreport that significant assurance canbe given that there is generally a soundsystem of internal control, designedto meet the organisation’s objectivesand that controls are being appliedconsistently. Although this provides ahigh level of assurance there were foursignificant internal control issues, threeof which were identified through InternalAudit. As discussed earlier in the report,the three risk areas related to informationgovernance, software asset managementand the patient experience all of whichare in the process of being resolved. Theother item of risk identified in the ‘risk andcontrol framework’ section of the reportabove, sets out the concerns regardinga junior doctor and the way in whichan initial assessment of some patientsmay have been carried out. The Trust isundergoing a recall of those patients whohad been treated at the hospital where,potentially the quality of treatment didnot meet the Trust’s usual high standardsand has subsequently commissioned anexternal review.Mr A SpotswoodChief Executive24 May 201314Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13