Governance and Audit Committee
Promoting best practice and innovation in governance and audit.
The Governance and Audit Committee promotes best practice and innovation in standards of governance and audit across the UK and through the HFMA’s local and national networks.
The Governance and Audit Committee develops guidance to help NHS organisations put in place sound governance arrangements and effective audit. Committee publications include the NHS audit committee handbook, guidance to support the year-end audit and the regularly updated NHS corporate governance guidance map. The committee also supports the annual chairs’ and non-executive directors event and audit conference.
The committee’s membership includes representatives from across the NHS and wider public sector, as well as NHS England and independent consultants.
The committee meets four times a year.
Looking for year-end resources?
The HFMA have collated all of its resources focused on the production of the 2023/24 annual report and accounts into one place.
Meeting summary documents
The Governance and Audit Committee met virtually on 9 February 2023 for their first meeting of the year.
The Governance and Audit Committee met virtually on 17 November 2022 for their fourth meeting of
the year.
Featured publications
NHS bodies’ audit reports have been qualified due to failures to meet the requirements of Managing public money.
This briefing explores ethical dilemmas facing NHS finance staff, ethical requirements and maintaining ethical standards.
This briefing summarises the current audit context and shares top tips to plan for an audit that runs as smoothly as possible.
This paper provides NHS non-executive directors with key reminders as they review their 2023/24 annual report and accounts.
This short paper is intended to support audit committee members to easily understand the range of external audit reports and additional powers.
This paper covers: what a good year-end working paper looks like; good practice arrangements; and some key issues to consider for 2023/24.
Featured events
This course will give you and your colleagues information about how to maximise the value of both your take home pay and workplace benefits.
This course has been specifically designed for members of the 1995 Section of the NHS pension scheme.
This course has been developed to help you understand the changes, explore your options and help you to make the right decisions when the time comes.