Public BoD papers 26.5.22

Agenda item 21/22b

Meeting of the Board of Directors Thursday 26 th May 2022 NHS Improvement self-certification declarations

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Introduction NHS foundation trusts are required to self-certify whether or not they have complied with the conditions of the NHS provider licence (which itself includes requirements to comply with the National Health Service Act 2006, the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the Health Act 2009, and the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and have regard to the NHS Constitution), have the required resources available if providing commissioner requested services and have complied with governance requirements. Providers therefore need to self-certify the following after the financial year end: NHS provider licence condition • The provider has taken all precautions necessary to comply with the licence, NHS Acts and NHS Constitution (Condition G6) • If providing commissioner requested services, the provider has a reasonable expectation that required resources will be available to deliver the designated service (Condition CoS7) • The provider has complied with required governance arrangements (Condition FT4) • Governor training The aim of self-certification is for providers to carry out assurance that they are in compliance with the conditions. We are no longer required to return our completed provider licence self-certifications or templates to NHS Improvement. Instead NHS Improvement will contact a select number of NHS foundation trusts to ask for evidence that they have self-certified. This can either be through providing the completed templates or relevant board minutes and papers recording sign-off. Recommendation The board is asked to note and approve the self-certifications for: • G6 systems for compliance with licence conditions and CoS7 (continuity of service) – availability of resources (appendix 1) • FT4 corporate governance statement (appendix 2) • Governor training (appendix 3)

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