National Health Fund

The National Health Fund (NHF) was established as a statutory organisation in 2003 by the National Health Fund Act with a mandate to reduce the burden of healthcare in Jamaica. It fulfills its mandate by:

Helping Jamaicans access medication in both the public and private health sectors by providing the NHFCard
Delivering in-patient and outpatient pharmacy services for the public health sector, including the management of the medical warehouse and over 100 pharmacy locations.
Providing institutional grants to improve healthcare delivery including infrastructure development, training, disaster preparedness, medical equipment and transportation.
Supporting health-promotion programmes to aid in the prevention, reduction and management of non-communicable and communicable diseases

The NHF’s revenue sources for the provision of benefits for the NHFCard and for grants to institutions are:

20% of Special Consumption Tax charged on Tobacco Products
5% of Special Consumption Tax
1% of employee and employer NIS contributions

Indicators	Findings

Board Composition
Has a Board with requisite skills as per the Competency Profile
Current Chairperson is not sitting more than two (2) consecutive terms
Current Chairperson chairs no more than two (2) other public bodies
Has a Board with a minimum of 30% male members
Has a Board with a minimum of 30% female members
Current Board retains at least 3 members or one-third of the previous Board

Governance Structure
Has a Board Charter
Has a Non-Executive Chair
Has a trained Corporate Secretary
Hosts Board training
Conducts Annual Board Evaluations
Ensures Board processes are executed
Ensures Board minutes are transmitted to the Permanent Secretary
Has an Information and Disclosure Policy

Audit and Internal Control
Has an internal auditor
Has an Audit Committee with clear terms of reference
Has an Audit Committee with three (3) or more members including a qualified accountant/persons possessing expertise in finance
Has an Audit Committee that does not include the Board Chair
Has an Audit Committee that excludes the Procurement Committee Chair
Has a Procurement Committee that rotates members every three (3) years
Has an independent Chair of the Procurement Committee (not chaired by the Finance Director)
Has Board procedures regarding procurement oversight
Has a trained Procurement Committee
Has an Annual Procurement Plan

Reporting and Compliance
Submits Annual Report to the Responsible Minister by July 31^st of the present year
Has an Annual Board-Approved Corporate Plan (must include strategic objectives, budget and work plan) by October 31^st of the present year
Ensures Annual Report is tabled in Parliament no later than July 31^st
Ensures Responsible Minister issues Statement of Corporate Expectation to the Board
Ensures the Chair and Responsible Minister meet at least twice yearly to discuss Agency performance and emerging issues

Ethics and Behaviour
Has a Corporate Social Responsibility Framework including a Donations Policy
Has a Code of Ethics with conflict-of-interest provisions
Ensures staff is trained in the Code of Ethics
Has a Whistle Blowing Policy
Has an Enterprise Risk Management Policy

Indicators

Findings

Board Composition

Has a Board with requisite skills as per the Competency Profile

Current Chairperson is not sitting more than two (2) consecutive terms

Current Chairperson chairs no more than two (2) other public bodies

Has a Board with a minimum of 30% male members

Has a Board with a minimum of 30% female members

Current Board retains at least 3 members or one-third of the previous Board

Governance Structure

Has a Board Charter

Has a Non-Executive Chair

Has a trained Corporate Secretary

Hosts Board training

Conducts Annual Board Evaluations

Ensures Board processes are executed

Ensures Board minutes are transmitted to the Permanent Secretary

Has an Information and Disclosure Policy

Audit and Internal Control

Has an internal auditor

Has an Audit Committee with clear terms of reference

Has an Audit Committee with three (3) or more members including a qualified accountant/persons possessing expertise in finance

Has an Audit Committee that does not include the Board Chair

Has an Audit Committee that excludes the Procurement Committee Chair

Has a Procurement Committee that rotates members every three (3) years

Has an independent Chair of the Procurement Committee (not chaired by the Finance Director)

Has Board procedures regarding procurement oversight

Has a trained Procurement Committee

Has an Annual Procurement Plan

Reporting and Compliance

Submits Annual Report to the Responsible Minister by July 31^st of the present year

Has an Annual Board-Approved Corporate Plan (must include strategic objectives, budget and work plan) by October 31^st of the present year

Ensures Annual Report is tabled in Parliament no later than July 31^st

Ensures Responsible Minister issues Statement of Corporate Expectation to the Board

Ensures the Chair and Responsible Minister meet at least twice yearly to discuss Agency performance and emerging issues

Ethics and Behaviour

Has a Corporate Social Responsibility Framework including a Donations Policy

Has a Code of Ethics with conflict-of-interest provisions

Ensures staff is trained in the Code of Ethics

Has a Whistle Blowing Policy

Has an Enterprise Risk Management Policy

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National Health Fund

Shane Dalling

Overview

Key Compliance Results