Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services.

The report sets out the progress made by internal audit against the approved 2015/16 internal audit plan for the period 1^st June 2015 to 31^st July 2015 (Appendix 2). The purpose of the report is to inform Members of the resources utilised by Internal Audit during the period, the activities undertaken in the reporting period, and the status of work currently being undertaken. 

The Audit Committee are invited to consider and comment on the report.

Officer Contact: John Pearsall on Tel: 474 4033 or email: john.pearsall@stockport.gov.uk.

A representative of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) outlining the progress made by internal audit against the approved 2015/16 internal audit plan for the period 1st June 2015 to 31st July 2015.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         The integration of social care and health exposed the Council to significant risk, but;

·         the Internal Audit and Risk team had been involved with this project from the beginning to identify and deal with control issues;

·         there was a need for an incentive for health provision to be diverted from the hospital to community based providers;

·         pooled budgets should have specific accounting and audit arrangements in place.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.