It is the responsibility of each Health Service to ensure that the annual report includes the financial statements and audit report issued by VAGO. It is recommended that the report of operations, the financial statements and explanatory notes are contained within the same bound publication, and not as separate publications. However, given the shortened timeframes for preparing the financial statements and the annual report, it may be necessary for some Health Services to finalise and print their report of operations early. When finalised, the financial statements can then be printed for insertion into the annual report. It should be bound to/attached securely (i.e. stapled) to the annual report. Health Services are therefore required to ensure that if the financial statements are provided to an external printer that they are proof read to ensure that the completed document agrees with the format, content and presentation as audited by VAGO. Failure to comply with the above will delay the tabling of the Health Service’s annual report and may necessitate an addendum, erratum or in extreme cases a reproduction and re-tabling of the Health Services annual report to Parliament. Any amended financial statements must be submitted to VAGO for audit review. Please note: (1) For ease of reading the financial statements, it is recommended that a font size of no less than 10 be used in the printing of these statements and for ease of storing it is recommended that the size of the annual report should be A4 size. (2) The financial statements should be bound to / attached securely (i.e. stapled) to the annual report. This is to minimise the possibility of the financial statements being detached from the annual report when being sent to Parliament for tabling. The financial statements must be processed in accordance with the yearly timetable to ensure compliance with the requirements under the Act. DHHS will collect each Health Service’s annual reports, including the report of operations, the financial statements and the audit report, by 17 August 2015, and this in turn will be submitted to the Minister for tabling Health Services should provide the required number of copies of the annual report as audited by VAGO to regional offices as per below: • Metropolitan Health Services and Denominational Health Services: Manager Commercial Operations, 13/50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne; • Dental Health Services Victoria: Manager, Dental Health, 19/50 Lonsdale St, Melbourne • Regions: Manager, Cabinet Parliament and Executive Services, 21/50 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
It is the responsibility of each Health Service to ensure that the annual report includes the financial statements and audit report issued by VAGO. It is recommended that the report of operations, the financial statements and explanatory notes are contained within the same bound publication, and not as separate publications. However, given the shortened timeframes for preparing the financial statements and the annual report, it may be necessary for some Health Services to finalise and print their report of operations early. When finalised, the financial statements can then be printed for insertion into the annual report. It should be bound to/attached securely (i.e. stapled) to the annual report. Health Services are therefore required to ensure that if the financial statements are provided to an external printer that they are proof read to ensure that the completed document agrees with the format, content and presentation as audited by VAGO. Failure to comply with the above will delay the tabling of the Health Service’s annual report and may necessitate an addendum, erratum or in extreme cases a reproduction and re-tabling of the Health Services annual report to Parliament. Any amended financial statements must be submitted to VAGO for audit review. Please note: (1) For ease of reading the financial statements, it is recommended that a font size of no less than 10 be used in the printing of these statements and for ease of storing it is recommended that the size of the annual report should be A4 size. (2) The financial statements should be bound to / attached securely (i.e. stapled) to the annual report. This is to minimise the possibility of the financial statements being detached from the annual report when being sent to Parliament for tabling. The financial statements must be processed in accordance with the yearly timetable to ensure compliance with the requirements under the Act. DHHS will collect each Health Service’s annual reports, including the report of operations, the financial statements and the audit report, by 17 August 2015, and this in turn will be submitted to the Minister for tabling Health Services should provide the required number of copies of the annual report as audited by VAGO to regional offices as per below: Metropolitan Health Services and Denominational Health Services: Manager Commercial Operations, 13/50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne; Dental Health Services Victoria: Manager, Dental Health, 19/50 Lonsdale St, Melbourne Regions: Manager, Cabinet Parliament and Executive Services, 21/50 Lonsdale St, Melbourne • • •
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