Policy paper

Accounting Officer system statement

Provides further information on the role of the accounting officer in relation to the NHS, public health and adult social care

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
4 September 2012
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This publication was withdrawn on

Superseded by Accounting Officer’s statement in October 2014

Applies to England

Documents

Accounting Officer system statement

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Details

The Accounting Officer system statement has been updated and provides further information on the role of the accounting officer in relation to the NHS, public health and adult social care and arrangements after April 2013.

The Permanent Secretary and Principal Accounting Officer at the Department of Health (DH) is accountable to Parliament for the proper use of the resources allocated to the Department.

The Accounting Officer has responsibilities for:

  • ensuring that all the expenditure of DH, its arm’s-length bodies and the NHS (including NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts) is contained within the overall budget
  • assuring that individual organisations within the system are performing their functions and duties effectively and have the necessary governance and controls to ensure regularity, propriety and value for money
  • ensuring that Ministers are appropriately advised on all matters of financial propriety and regularity, and value for money, across the systems for which the Department is responsible for.
Published 4 September 2012