We asked UKHSA whether it had sufficient organisational understanding and acceptance of the level of cultural change and process improvement required to fix these issues with its accounts. UKHSA responded that it understood and accepted this. It drew a distinction between the issues which had resulted in its 2022–23 accounts being disclaimed, and those which had resulted in its 2021–22 accounts being disclaimed, which it asserted were “quite different”. It stressed that, in 2021–22, it was a ...

We asked UKHSA whether it had sufficient organisational understanding and acceptance of the level of cultural change and process improvement required to fix these issues with its accounts. UKHSA responded that it understood and accepted this. It drew a distinction between the issues which had resulted in its 2022–23 accounts being disclaimed, and those which had resulted in its 2021–22 accounts being disclaimed, which it asserted were “quite different”. It stressed that, in 2021–22, it was a new organisation and had “inherited a number of issues on coming into being” and that it had made “very good progress” in trying to address the issues th Type: conclusion | Number: 7 | Response status: accepted Government response: 1.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: January 2025 1.2 Following its 2021-22 disclaimed accounts, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) established a Finance and Control Improvement Programme to develop, implement an