Enclosure 23 - Audit Committee Minutes

Enclosure 23 SUNDERLAND TEACHING PRIMARY CARE TRUST Audit Committee thNotes of the meeting held on Friday 12 March 2004 at 9.30 am in the Board Room, Armstrong House, Washington Present: - Mr P Watson, Non-Executive Member, STPCT (Chair) Mr M Greenfield, Non-Executive Member, STPCT GK Lloyd-Williams, Non-Executive Member, STPCT In attendance: Mrs K Straughair, Chief Executive, STPCT Mr C Macklin, Director of Finance, STPCT Mrs N Harris, Head of Corporate Affairs, STPCT Mr J Connolly, Audit Manager, Audit Commission Mrs A Oswald, Internal Auditor, CHS Mrs V Peacock, Internal Auditor, CHS Mrs J Anthony, Corporate Affairs Administrator Mr Glen Gregory, Audit Commission 1. Apologies: Mrs Sheila Rooney, Non-Executive Member, STPCT Welcome The Chair welcomed everyone to the Audit Committee. 2. Minutes of Previous Meeting (Enclosure 1) Page 7 - Progress Report on Tactical Audit Plan (Enclosure 7) The Chair pointed out that in paragraph 4 “Newcastle PCT” should read as “new Acute Trust”. Subject to this amendment the minutes were received as a true and accurate record. 1 Sunderland TPCT Audit Committee th12 March 2004 3. Matters Arising Page 3 - Annual Audit Letter (Enclosure 2) - Mr Macklin stated that the Main stAccounting System went live on 1 January 2004 and that the team was still undergoing a transitional period. Page 5 – Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance (Enclosure 4) – ...