Briefing / The NHS external audit market: current issues and possible solutions
This briefing considers:
- the background to the current audit arrangements in the NHS
- recent events impacting the wider audit market, up to and including the Redmond review
- current issues for NHS bodies and their auditors based on the outcome of a survey of finance directors and discussions with auditors and other interested parties. The issues include:
- the tendering process
- audit interest
- risk
- capacity
- fees.
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