Assurance and Oversight Sample Clauses

Assurance and Oversight. The ICB must at all times operate in accordance with: the Oversight Framework published by NHS England; any national oversight and/or assurance guidance in respect of Specialised Services and/or joint working arrangements; and any other relevant NHS oversight and assurance guidance; collectively known as the “Assurance Processes”. The ICB must: develop and operate in accordance with mutually agreed ways of working in line with the Assurance Processes; oversee the provision of Delegated Services and the outcomes being delivered for its Population in accordance with the Assurance Processes; assure that Specialised Service Providers are meeting, or have an improvement plan in place to meet, National Standards; provide any information and comply with specific actions in relation to the Delegated Services, as required by NHS England, including metrics and detailed reporting. The ICB must ensure that there is appropriate representation at forums established through the ICB Collaboration Arrangement. The ICB must ensure that an individual(s) has been nominated to represent the ICB at the Delegated Commissioning Group (DCG) and regularly attends that group. This could be a single representative on behalf of the members of an ICB Collaboration Arrangement. Where that representative is not an employee of the ICB, the ICB must have in place appropriate arrangements to enable the representative to feedback to the ICB. The ICB should also ensure that they have a nominated representative with appropriate subject matter expertise to attend National Standards development forums as requested by NHS England. This could be a single representative on behalf of the members of an ICB Collaboration Arrangement. Where that representative is not an employee of the ICB, the ICB must have in place appropriate arrangements to enable the representative to feedback to the ICB. The ICB shall support the development of clinical leadership and expertise at a local level in respect of Specialised Services. The ICB shall support local and national groups including Relevant Clinical Networks and Clinical Reference Groups that are involved in developing Clinical Commissioning Policies, National Specifications, National Standards and knowledge around Specialised Services. The ICB shall participate in the planning, governance and oversight of the Relevant Clinical Networks, including involvement in agreeing the annual plan for each Relevant Clinical Network. The ICB shall seek to align the netw...

Assurance and Oversight. Unless it is an Independent IRB Organization, the Institution must (i) maintain an assurance of compliance with the Federal Policy (defined in Exhibit A) with at least one federal department or agency (“Assurance”), even if it does not engage in federally funded research; and (ii) require IRB review and provide institutional oversight of its non-exempt human subjects research regardless of funding source. For clarity, this Agreement does not require the Institution to extend its Assurance(s) to research that is not federally funded. The Institution may elect to do so (where permitted by the relevant federal department or agency) or may maintain internal policies or other requirements for IRB review and institutional oversight of such research.