STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES

The directors are required under the National Health Service Act (Wales) 2006 to prepare accounts for each financial year. The Welsh Ministers, with the approval of the Treasury, direct that these accounts give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Special Health Authority and of the income and expenditure of the Special Health Authority for that period.

In preparing those accounts, the directors are required to:

apply on a consistent basis accounting principles laid down by the Welsh Ministers with the approval of the Treasury

make judgements and estimates which are responsible and prudent

state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the account.

The directors confirm that they have complied with the above requirements in preparing the accounts.

The directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the authority and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the requirements outlined in the above-mentioned direction by the Welsh Ministers.