Argyll and Bute HSCP Audit and Risk Committee held on 17 December 2024
Argyll and Bute Council · 29 January 2025
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MINUTES of MEETING of ARGYLL AND BUTE HSCP AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE held in the BY MICROSOFT TEAMS on TUESDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2024 Present: Councillor Kieron Green (Chair) Emily Austin Susan Ringwood Councillor Ross Moreland Attending: Evan Beswick, Chief Officer, Argyll and Bute HSCP Charlotte Craig, Business Improvement Manager, Argyll and Bute HSCP Nicola Gillespie, Interim Head of Adult Services (Mental Health, Disabilities, ASP & Dementia Services), Argyll and Bute HSCP James Gow, Head of Finance, Argyll and Bute HSCP Paul MacAskill, Chief Internal Auditor, Argyll and Bute Council Mhairi Weldon, Senior Audit Assistant, Argyll and Bute Council Gregory Oduor, Director, Forvis Mazars Katie McKenzie, Committee Officer, Argyll and Bute Council 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. There were no apologies for absence intimated. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST (IF ANY) There were no declarations of interest intimated. 3. MINUTES The Minute of the meeting of the Argyll and Bute HSCP Audit and Risk Committee held on 17 September 2024 was approved as a correct record. 4. ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND EXTERNAL AUDIT The Committee gave consideration to a verbal update regarding the Annual Accounts and External Audit. It was reported that the work on this item is in the final stages and will be presented to a special meeting of the Audit and Risk Committee in January 2025 and then to the Integrated Joint Board for approval. Decision The Audit and Risk Committee noted the content of the verbal update.
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(Reference: Verbal update) 5. STRATEGIC RISK REGISTER REVIEW The Committee gave consideration to a report recommending changes to the Strategic Risk Register to reflect perceived increasing risk. Decision The Audit and Risk Committee – 1. noted that the Strategic Risk Register had been reviewed by the Leadership Team; 2. reviewed and approved the Strategic Risk Register and Risk Appetite; and 3. noted that the HSCP had reviewed its Strategic Risk Register against its Strategic Objectives (Reference: Report by Head of Finance dated 19 December 2024, submitted) 6. INTERNAL AUDIT UPDATE The Committee gave consideration to a report which provided an update on the work carried out by Health and Social Care Partnership’s Internal Audit Team on audits which are of operational relevance to the Committee. Decision The Audit and Risk Committee noted the progress on completion of the internal audit recommendations. (Reference: Report by Chief Internal Auditor dated 17 December 2024, submitted) 7. CULTURE The Committee gave consideration to a report detailing an Audit focussed on Culture which has been carried out. Decision The Audit and Risk Committee reviewed and endorsed the Internal Audit report on Culture. (Reference: Report by Chief Internal Auditor dated 17 December, submitted) 8. STANDARD REVIEW OF THE IJB COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE The Committee gave consideration to a report detailing both the membership and terms of reference within the current context. Decision
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The Audit and Risk Committee – 1. reviewed the Audit and Risk Committee Terms of Reference in the context of the wider standard review; and 2. agreed to recommend to the IJB that the Terms of Reference were considered them reviewed and fit for purpose until information changes or the next scheduled review period. (Reference: Report by Business Improvement Manager dated 17 December 2024, submitted) 9. AUDIT SCOTLAND PUBLICATIONS The Committee gave consideration to a report detailing a number of external audit reports which have been published by Audit Scotland in recent weeks. Decision The Audit and Risk Committee noted that Audit Scotland have recently published a number of reports that may be of relevance to the Committee. (Reference: Report by Head of Finance dated 17 December 2024, submitted) 10. DATE OF NEXT MEETING The Audit and Risk Committee noted a Special Meeting was scheduled to take please on Friday 17 January 2025, and that the next ordinary meeting would take place on Tuesday 18 February 2025.