ROBERT HARRIS, POLICY DIRECTOR, MONITOR
SUE JACQUES, FINANCE DIRECTOR AND GRANT KANE, CONSULTANT VASCULAR SURGEON, COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Clinical engagement has been identified by monitor as the most important capability challenge in improving service-line management. Sue Jacques gives a practical example about how clinicians have been engaged in service line management in Durham, what information they are interested in and how managers and clinicians have worked together to act on service-line information,
DAVID STOUT, DIRECTOR, PCT NETWORK
The World Class Commissioning programme aims to transform the way health and care are commissioned and deliver a more strategic and long term approach to commissioning services with a clear focus on delivering improved health outcomes. This session will provide an update on the progress that is being made in each of the key elements of the WCC programme. It will examine the benefits for patients and the public and the key challenges for NHS finance professionals.
PETER HOWITT, PROJECT LEAD, MENTAL HEALTH PbR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND A DEVELOPMENT SIRE REPRESENTATIVE (TBA)
Work continues on developing currencies for use in the commissioning of mental health services. The ultimate goal is the creation of a national tariff for these currencies. Following a period of consultation, the project is now in it's second stage. This session will provide an update on the project to date and draw on the experiences of the project development sites to explore the benefits, challenges and lessons learnt.
DAVID POYNTON, CHAIRMAN AND CHRIS TIDWELL, ASSISTANT CHIEF EXECUTIVE, PUBLIC SECTOR CONSULTANTS
Healthcare finance is becoming much more challenging as a consequence of regulatory and operating framework demands. Many organisations and Boards are now asking 'Is my finance function ready for the future'.
We will discuss some of the traits and characteristics of trusts finance functions that need to move forward. We will then explore and present a view on how a world class finance team would operate and the standards that need to be reached. We will show how the outside world is changing and how the NHS will need to follow, setting the scene and an agenda for the future.
PETER BRAMBLEBY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NORTH YORKSHIRE AND YORK PCT
Programme budgeting information, identifying how a PCT spends its money across all the various programmes of care, is a hugely powerful tool in explaning and planning health investment. But its use is built on engagement between clinicians and finance managers. First, they must work together to ensure the information is as accurate as possible. But the real pay-off comes from the joint analysis. By working together managers and clinicians can compare expenditure levels with similar organisations and start to understand the relative health benefits of investing or disinvesting in different services. Dr Brambleby, a leading figure in the promotion of programme budgeting information, will describe how managers and clinicians in Yorkshire have combined to use budgeting information to inform choices about investment.
PAULA MONTEITH, PRINCIPAL INFORMATION DESIGN CONSULTANT, THE NHS INFORMATION CENTRE
DR JULIE SPELLER, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
HRG4 provies a major improvement over the previous HRG version in terms of providing a practical currency to enable sensible discussions between clinicians and managers about the cost of delivering healthcare. HRG4 is already in use for costing purposes and was used in the reference costs for financial year 2006/7. The plan is to use these costs and HRG4 as the basis for the national tariff from 2009/10, subject to Department of Health confirmation. This session will provide an overview of the benefits and challenges of implementing HRG4, highlighting the key issues that senior finance professionals should be aware of.
DYNAMIC CHANGE
HUGH ASHLEY, DYNAMIC CHANGE, LYNN BETTS, KAREN KANEE, GOVERNANCE MANAGER, EAST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE TRUST
Join an expert panel assembled from Foundation Trusts, Primary Care, Mental Health, Ambulance Trusts and the private sector in this interactive workshop to explore:
- What's next for the Board Assurance Framework
- What you need to do now to get ready for the future of NHS regulation
- What dashboards and reports you need to meet emerging governance challenges
- Practical tips and examples of managing governance between organisations
- What World Class assurance looks like
- The current thinking on governing arms length providers
RICHARD TREMEER, HEAD OF PUBLIC SECTOR AUDIT AND PAUL SPINKS, AUDIT TECHNICAL LEAD, GRANT THORNTON
How are you progressing towards meeting the year-end deadline for the restatement of IFRS balances? This workshop will give feedback on a recent survey undertaken by Grant Thornton and the HFMA to gain a picture of how NHS organisations are progressing with this exercise. It will also pick up on the current restatement issues and concerns being faced, and provide suggestions as to a way forward. The session will be of particular interest to bodies with significant PFI or leasing transactions, but will also cover leases, holiday pay provision, accounting policies and segmental reporting.