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Staff / Lisa Robertson
Senior policy manager, HFMA
Lisa is a senior policy manager at the HFMA responsible for delivering a programme of guidance and research to support members and the wider NHS finance community. Her key areas of focus include governance, audit, system working, environmental sustainability, devolved nations, leadership, workforce, students and diversity and inclusion. She provides policy support to the HFMA’s Policy and Research Committee, Governance and Audit Committee, ICB Finance Group, Four Nations Group and Student Committee.
Lisa is a qualified CIPFA accountant with over twenty years external audit experience in the public sector, having previously worked at the Audit Commission and Grant Thornton.
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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.
This briefing set out for members what the head of internal audit opinion is and why it is important, along with key requirements and considerations.
The HFMA broadly supports the proposed changes although we do have concerns over the timing of the May 2025 backstop date.
The HFMA supports the proposed changes as part of the package of measures to address the local audit backlog in England.
The HFMA has responded to the HM Treasury’s phase 2 exposure draft for Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) – aligned disclosure