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Building An Assurance Framework: A Practical Guide for NHS Boards

  • Document type:
    Publication
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    1 March 2003
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Publication format:
    Electronic only
  • Product number:
    Gatelog Reference 1054
  • Gateway reference:
    2003
  • Pages:
    31
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown Copyright

The Assurance Framework provides organisations with a simple but comprehensive method for the effective and focused management of the principal risks to meeting their objectives. It also provides a structure for the evidence to support the Statement on Internal Control. This simplifies Board reporting and the prioritisation of action plans, which, in turn, allow for more effective performance management.

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