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Governance statement

Scope of responsibility
As Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of NHS Resolution I am responsible for
maintaining a sound system of internal control that supports compliance with our

policies and the achievement of our objectives while safeguarding public funds and
our assets in accordance with the HM Treasury document Managing Public Money.

I have responsibility for the delivery of NHS Resolution's • risk management processes; and
strategic aims and objectives within our legislative and • our operational and financial systems.
regulatory parameters, as directed by DHSC and, in
As Accounting Officer, I am supported by our Senior
conjunction with the Board through development of
Management Team (SMT), internal audit and Audit and
strategy and effective governance arrangements.
Risk Committee (ARC) and make recommendations
I am responsible for:
to the Board on the matters outlined in this statement
• compliance with and delivery against our
as they relate to effective governance. I am supported
framework agreement and business plan as
by the Board and SMT in ensuring we commit to and
agreed from time to time with DHSC;
embed our aims and values in everything we do.
• delivery against key performance
I delegate day-to-day operational responsibility for
indicators as agreed with DHSC;
our financial systems and internal risk management
• provision, oversight and effective working
arrangements to the Director of Finance and
of systems of internal control;
Corporate Planning, who also acts as the Senior
• oversight of the complaints process and Information Risk Owner (SIRO) for NHS Resolution.
ensuring that the learning from complaints
is embedded into how we operate;
Figure 19:
Our PEER values

Professional Expert
We are dedicated to providing We bring unique skills
a professional, high quality knowledge and expertise
service, working flexibly to to everything we do.
find effective and efficient
solutions.

Ethical Respectful
We are committed to We treat people with
acting with honesty, consideration and respect
integrity and fairness. and encourage supportive
collaborative and inclusive
team working.