Posted By Bryn Maidment Lance Being a single site at UHL I can't help you with the merged thing other than pointing you the way of Controls Assurance. Presumably the merged Trust will have a single Board and, as required under Controls Assurance, a single Risk Management Committee. It would be up to this Committee to debate and decide what they feel would serve the best purpose. 2 seperate committees would duplicate effort and may prove a bit unwieldy to manage but they will be more local and reps available to staff on their respective sites(local shops for local people!!). Weigh these factors against the overall committee approach. You could do worse than call your CA Auditor at Willis for their views. By now they will have conducted baseline audits on many merged Trusts....hopefully. Regards Bryn