South West London CCG Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21

NHS South West London CCG ‘Committees in Common’ NHS South West London CCG’s constitution provides for a mechanism that allows specified functions to be delegated to a designated committee, which may meet with delegated committees of other CCGs in a Committees in Common (CiC) arrangement, with the agreement of the Governing Body. Improving Healthcare Together 2020- 2030 During 2019/20, NHS South West London CCG, alongside Surrey Heartlands CCG, agreed the establishment of the Improving Healthcare Together: 2020-2030 Committees in Common (CiC) arrangement, to enable the participating CCG Committees to consider the same issues at the same time in relation to any significant change to the commissioning of acute services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust, as part of collaborative decision making for the Improving Healthcare Together (IHT) programme. Under the arrangement, each CCG Committee has delegated authority to make decisions about the matters within the scope of this CiC on behalf of its own CCG and without the need to be ratified by its Governing Body. The IHT Committees in Common met twice during 2020-21. There were no other CiC delegations during 2020-21. Register of interests and management of conflict of interests The CCG operates a robust policy for the management of conflicts of interest. A register of declared interests is published on the website at www.swlondonccg.nhs. uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SWL-COI- REGISTER_-June-2020.pdf All attendees are required to declare their interests as a standing agenda item for every Governing Body, committee or working group meeting before the item is discussed. To protect the integrity of decision-making, arrangements for managing conflicts of interest and potential conflicts of interest have been established. These include excusing potentially conflicted members from deliberations where appropriate. Personal data related incidents There have been no Serious Untoward Incidents relating to data security breaches, that required onward reporting to the Information Commissioner. Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 | 133