NHS England: Fit and Proper Person Test for Board members (2 August 2023)

Summary

The Fit and Proper Person Test (FPPT) Framework has been developed by NHS England in response to recommendations made by Tom Kark KC in his 2019 review of the FPPT (the Kark Revew). This framework introduces a means of retaining information relating to testing the requirements of the FPPT for individual directors, a set of standard competencies for all board directors, a new way of completing references with additional content whenever a director leaves an NHS board, and extension of the applicability to some other organisations, including NHS England and the CQC. It will help prevent directors who have been involved in or enabled serious misconduct or mismanagement from joining a new NHS organisation.

Content

This new FPPT Framework consists of the following resources:

•  NHS England Fit and Proper Person Test Framework for board members
• Appendix 1: Recommendations from the Kark Review (2019)
• Appendix 2: The board member reference template
• Appendix 3: New starter/annual NHS FPPT self-attestation
• Appendix 4: Letter of confirmation
• Appendix 5: Annual NHS FPPT submission reporting template
• Appendix 6: Privacy Notice
• Appendix 7: FPPT checklist
• Appendix 8: Future considerations for the Fit and Proper Person Test Framework.