Insights
Stop fraud before it starts!
At the start of International Fraud Awareness Week 2024, has your organisation considered whether it has appropriate anti-fraud controls in place? Are you confident that fraud risks have been assessed?
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Failing to prevent fraud in Housing and Social Care
Fraud is elusive, hidden and of all crime is the one that impacts the most people in the UK. It is a significant and increasing challenge. In response to this the UK government has passed the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA). Is your organisation compliant?
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The Value of Speak Up – Listen Up in Social Care
The Speak Up initiative plays a pivotal role by encouraging employees, clients and stakeholders to voice concerns and share feedback. However, for this initiative to be truly effective, it must be coupled with a robust ‘Listening Up’ approach by managers and directors.
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The Importance of Risk Management in Social Care
Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of individuals is paramount in Social Care. Effective risk management is not just important but essential in achieving this; it is integral to meeting and maintaining compliance with CQC standards.
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The Value of Internal Audit
Internal Audit should not be a nice to have (or perhaps more likely, a 'have to have') but it should be a key part of any organisation.
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Turning actions into assurance: Obtaining assurance from your actions
Do you have effective governance? Are risks being effectively assessed, monitored and mitigated? How do you ensure regulatory compliance? Where do you get your assurance from?
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Action planning: Turning recommendations into actions
The recommendations in an assurance report should be the beginning and not the end of the journey. Central to this is the importance of the process of agreeing management actions with the aim of getting it right first time.
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Where fraud is detected: A necessary response
Where a fraud occurs and is detected, how it is investigated is fundamental to an organisation’s response and the success of tackling fraud.
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When ignorance is not bliss: why use fraud resilience reviews?
As with the self-audits detailed in our last article, fraud resilience reviews provide a valuable source of information to management and boards.
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The Benefits of Compliance Self-Audits
Could self-audits be a missing, or underused, part of your control framework? In our experience their use and/or their effectiveness has not always been considered.
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