Winter planning 2026/27 board assurance templates

Last week NHS England published Winter planning 2026/27 – expectations and assurance letter. Together with the letter they published three board assurance templates. There was a formatting issue in the Trust template. The template has been updated, please download and use the updated Board assurance statement self assessment template for trusts.

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