by Charlie Helps FRSA | Aug 12, 2026 | Articles, Corporate Governance, Governance, Insight
An NHS trust recently discovered that a performance figure submitted to NHS England was wrong. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust had reported that 36.1 per cent of urgent community response referrals were seen within two hours. The correct figure was 94 per cent....
by Charlie Helps FRSA | Aug 10, 2026 | Articles, Corporate Governance, Governance, Insight
When words cease to distinguish, they begin to conceal There are three words I have learnt to distrust in a boardroom. Governance. Assurance. Risk. Not because they are wrong. Quite the opposite. Each describes something important. The trouble is that we have used...