117 The layered approach to partnership governance and management recognises that partners have their own governance arrangements and stakeholders. The original LSP guidance was clear that partners remain accountable to their own stakeholders (Ref. 1).
118 LSP arrangements for governance and accountability also have to allow for the position of CDRPs and children's trust arrangements and their statutory accountability and governance needs (Ref. 10).
119 The Audit Commission and the Improvement Network published an online self-assessment of LSP governance alongside this report.I The self-assessment is at www.improvementnetwork.gov.uk/lsp
I The Improvement Network is a partnership website sponsored by the Audit Commission, CIPFA, IDeA, the Leadership Centre, and the NHS Institute. Its purpose is 'capacity building for public sector managers and practitioners; and the promotion of its sponsors' collective knowledge, expertise and examples of cross-sectoral improvement'.