Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Item 3
114/13 Quality Account 2012/13
Dr Mayor presented the Quality Account to the Board for approval.
He assured the Board that appropriate consultation had been, and
continued to be, undertaken and that the document supported the
Trust’s overall clinical strategy. The Quality Account had been
reviewed by the Safety & Quality Committee prior to submission to the
Trust Board.
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Dr Williams raised the following queries:
• Page 37 – the 42% completion rate for observation charts was
lower than expected. Dr Mayor stated that the methodology
had changed from previous years and performance would be
re-audited to ensure improvement.
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• Page 6 – include the ‘fifth’ Trust value for consistency with
other documents.
• Page 7 – over use of acronyms in this public facing document.
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Annual Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2013
Mr Teape presented for approval the accounts and associated
documentation for the ended 31 March 2013. These had been
completed to the timescale
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required by the Department of Health and
to an exacting standard, by Sally Wilson. Mr Teape wished to place
on record his thanks to Ms Wilson and to Brian Jones, also present,
for their hard work.
Subject to these amendments, the Board approved the Quality
Account.
The Audit Committee had reviewed the accounts and associated
documentation at their
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meeting on 31 May and recommended them to
the Trust Board for approval. In doing so, the Committee had agreed
that the accounts had been prepared on a going concern basis.
Mr Teape drew the Board’s attention to the external auditor’s draft
Audit Findings report, and to the qualified Value For Money conclusion
based on the Trust’s inability to achieve the original forecast £1m
budget surplus for 2012/13 and its failure to set a balanced budget for
2013/14.
There were no questions.
The Board:
• Approved the annual accounts for the year ended 31
March 2013 and authorised their signature by the Chief
Executive and the Director of Finance.
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