Public Board of Directors papers 29.09.22

Agenda item 30/22c

Meeting of the Board of Directors Thursday 29 th September 2022

Audit Committee report – July 2022

1 Introduction The Audit Committee took place on 21 st July 2022. The following summary gives the Board information on the items that were considered and any actions required by the Board. Audit Committee agenda items The items listed below were all presented to the Audit Committee for assurance. Agenda item BAF reference Assurance rating given Comments and associated action (where applicable) Audit recommendation tracking report N/A N/A 2

Good progress noted with 42 recommendations having been implemented, actions identified as follows: • Discussions to be held with Pharmacy on outstanding actions. • Comments to be added to tracker to on nearing deadlines to confirm status. • Assurance committee responsibility to be added to tracker. Key parts of the report were summarised with the following actions noted: • Update to be provided at next meeting on the tasks to be undertaken by the Counter Fraud Champion. • DoF to liaise with procurement and confirm whether any reporting on non-Purchase Orders can be completed. • Increased level of detail to support the reasoning for formal waivers to feature in the next report. Detailed discussion took place in relation to BAF risk 6.2 and 6.4. Action to circulate categorisation of risk scoring methodology for the next meeting. Update provided on investigation into technical solutions available for enhancing the registers. Detailed presentation by CIO given to the Committee. Future updates will focus on the work undertaken within the last six months against planned work.

Executive Director of Finance report

6.2

High

Board Assurance framework (BAF) 2022-23 Gifts & hospitality quarterly review 2022-23 Q1 Digital six- monthly update report

6.2, 6.4

High with clear agreed actions

N/A

N/A

6.3, 6.5

High with clear agreed actions

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