Agenda and minutes

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1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting.

Supporting documents:

Link to  'Health Finances 2012-13 and beyond'

Huw Vaughan Thomas – Auditor General Wales

Mark Jeffs - Performance Specialist, Wales Audit Office

Geraint Norman - Financial Audit Manager, Wales Audit Office

2.1 The Committee received a briefing from Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, on The Wales Audit Office Report ‘Health Finances 2012-13 and Beyond. The Auditor General was accompanied by Mark Jeffs and Geraint Norman. The briefing was supplemented by questioning from the Committee.

Action points:

The Auditor General for Wales agreed to provide:

·       Further information highlighting good practice within Health Boards on financial forecasts.

The Clerks were asked to:

·       Discuss with the Welsh Government whether any formulas were used to determine the amount of additional funding each LHB received in December 2012.

Minutes of the meeting held on 18 July 2013

3.1 The minutes from the meeting held on 18 July 2013 were agreed.

Items 5, 6 & 7

4.1 The Motion was agreed.

5.1 The Committee agreed to undertake a short inquiry into Health Finances 2012-13 and beyond. Specifically, they agreed to focus on:

·       Quality of 3 year plans and the risk of potential frontloading in year 1

·       Difficulties in achieving savings

·       The deterioration of performance in some services areas

·       Service reforms and the link to reducing costs

·       Increase in negligence claims

·       How Tier 1 priorities are determined

6.1 The Committee agreed the draft letter.