NHS audit committee membership rules tightened

[Northerner]

AUDIT COMMITTEES within NHS Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups will become more independent under government plans to shake up membership rules following sweeping changes to the local audit system.

Under proposals published by the Department of Health, the audit committees of NHS Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups must have a chair who is an independent non-executive of the governing board, and must have a majority of independent non-executive members.

http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/...hs-audit-committee-membership-rules-tightened

 

[trophywench]

What it hinges on of course, is the notice that whoever they are auditing, MUST take of them!

Cos you can tell organisations they shouldn't be doing whatever til you are blue in the face and if the Chief Exec won't listen - they'll just carry on doing it. If you then promote him - to be in charge of all his former peer groupand their empires - and what's more bestow a Knighthood upon his person - it does tend to upset the Plebs.

Wonder if anyone can guess who ?

But will it stop it happening? If the Audit body still aren't allowed to behave like ferrets put into a rabbit warren - then it won't actually change a bloody thing.

Just my observation, of course, Alan !