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HEE May 15.5
Board Meeting
Meeting Date
Report Title
Paper Number
Report Author
Lead Director
FOI Status
Report Summary
19 May 2015
The Mandate from the Government to Health Education England: April
2015 to March 2016
Nicki Latham, Executive Director of Performance and Development
Nicki Latham, Executive Director of Performance and Development
Applicable
The HEE Mandate was refreshed for the current financial year,
following discussions with DH policy leads and the office of the
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health.
Key updates in the refreshed mandate include:
 maintaining a strong commitment to achieving parity of esteem
between mental and physical health;
 additional emphasis on reducing health inequalities and promoting
equality and diversity in our NHS;
 supporting our armed forces veterans; and
 working closer with the entire NHS, public health and social care
workforce to improve health and wellbeing.
Timeline
Purpose
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Recommendation
Strategic
Objective Links
Identified risks
and risk
management
actions
Resource
implications
Support to NHS
Constitution
Legal implications
including equality
and diversity
assessment
Monitoring of the refreshed and new deliverables will continue to be
part of the performance framework and include regular reporting to the
Executive Team and the HEE Board.
The Mandate is refreshed on an annual basis.
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Approval
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To Note
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Decision
The HEE Board is asked to note the refreshed Mandate for HEE, the
changes included for 2015/16, and that the new performance
framework will continue to monitor progress with delivery.
Delivery of the Mandate is a key part of HEE’s strategic objectives.
There is a reputational risk if HEE does not achieve its Mandate
deliverables. These will continue to be monitored via the performance
framework, and exception reports will be produced to manage delivery
in the event of any slippage.
Funding for achievement of the Mandate deliverables has been
incorporated into national and local budget planning.
The values of the NHS Constitution are woven into the Mandate, and
are integral to and underpin all HEE activity.
HEE is required to perform well against the Mandate deliverables, this
includes promoting equality and diversity and reducing health
inequalities.
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