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[email protected] NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group | ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 2 Contents Foreword from the Acting Lay Chair and Accountable Officer 4 Section 1: Performance Report Who we are and what we do 7 Performance overview: A year in the life of the CCG 13 Section 2: Accountability Report A year in governance 70 Statement of Accountable Officer’s responsibilities 83 Governance statement 85 Remuneration and staff report 113 Parliamentary accountability and audit report 132 Section 3: Annual Accounts Annual accounts 2019/20 134 Independent Auditor’s Report 172 Glossary 177 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 | NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group Foreword from the Acting Lay Chair and Accountable Officer Welcome to the NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Annual Report for the 2019/20 financial year. The report gives an overview of what the organisation has done, its performance, the challenges faced, as well as a detailed analysis of the CCG’s activities and accounts. It reports on our governance processes, assurance and accountability mechanisms, and how we are meeting the requirements of the NHS Oversight Framework for CCGs. Change was the key theme that ran throughout the year within our CCG.