At the time of our evidence session, one NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL), had yet to publish its 2019–20 or 2020–21 Annual Report and Accounts. The C&AG reported last year that as a result of the issues identified by its auditor, UHL’s management were not prepared to sign the 2019–20 financial statements as ‘true and fair’ and the auditor was of the view that the financial statements were not ‘true and fair’.62 UHL’s management had planned to prepare a new set of ...

At the time of our evidence session, one NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL), had yet to publish its 2019–20 or 2020–21 Annual Report and Accounts. The C&AG reported last year that as a result of the issues identified by its auditor, UHL’s management were not prepared to sign the 2019–20 financial statements as ‘true and fair’ and the auditor was of the view that the financial statements were not ‘true and fair’.62 UHL’s management had planned to prepare a new set of 2019–20 financial statements to be audited by March 2021, however when we took evidence from the Department on 7 55 Q 1 56 Letter from Department of Heal Type: conclusion | Number: 32 | Response status: not_addressed