ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT: ACCOUNTABLE OFFICER OF THE SPECIAL HEALTH AUTHORITY

The Welsh Ministers have directed that the Chief Executive should be the Accountable Officer to the SHA.

The relevant responsibilities of Accountable Officers, including their responsibility for the propriety and regularity of the public finances for which they are answerable, and for the keeping of proper records, are set out in the Accountable Officer’s Memorandum issued by the Welsh Government.

I can confirm that:

To the best of my knowledge there is no relevant audit information of which the entity’s auditors are unaware, and I as the Accountable Officer have taken all the steps that ought to have taken to make myself aware of any relevant audit information and have established that the entity’s auditors are aware of that information.

The DHCW annual report and accounts as a whole is fair, balanced and understandable and that I take personal responsibility for the annual report and accounts and the judgments required for determining that it is fair, balanced and understandable.

The Accountable Officer is responsible for authorising the issue of the financial statements on the date they were certified by the Auditor General for Wales.

To the best of my knowledge and belief, I have properly discharged the responsibilities set out in my letter of appointment as an Accountable Officer.