Healthcare Provider of the Year

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The HFMA Healthcare Provider of the Year Award will be awarded to an organisation who in the view of the judges demonstrates the most contribution by a finance team to excellent performance across the organisation. 

Further detail on this Award can be found in HFMA’s 2008 Awards brochure.

Winner: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Foundation Trust is the 2008 Healthcare Provider of the Year, with judges praising its sustained excellent performance, its stability, quality of services and use of resources.

The trust is in no doubt that finance is one of the pillars of its success. It has been rated excellent for use of resources in the Healthcare Commission’s annual health check for three years running and achieved a £9.4m surplus (5% of turnover) in 2007/08.

The trust has also worked extensively with non-NHS organisations, including Help and Care, a local charity that plays a vital role in the discharge planning process. The charity often fills the gaps between the NHS and social services and work with the charity is such that delays are now minimal. The trust has exceeded the December 2008 referral to treatment target, currently having a 15-weekmaximum wait and is on track to achieve 13 weeks by March 2009.

Judges praised all the entries and said there was good practice in all the submissions that should be shared across the NHS. However, the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch’s sustained performance – both in terms of services and finances – caught their eye. They added: ‘The trust also demonstrated innovation in looking along the care pathway by working with local charities to develop services.’

Further detail on the winning entry is available in the HFMA 2008 Awards Supplement.

What the judges said

“The sustained performance of the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Foundation Trust – both in terms of services and finances – made the organisation stand out”

Further detail on the entry requirements, judging criteria and judges for this particular award can be found in the HFMA 2008 Awards Brochure.