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Access to two FREE modules from our E-learning programme: Study Skills and Business Ethics.
Considerable discounts are on offer to HFMA Partners to maximise savings.
Influence. Connect. Engage. This year’s programme takes its title from the Chairman’s theme, “Influence. Connect. Engage.” Over the three days, it will focus on three specific areas and include a variety of plenary and sub-plenary sessions as well as a comprehensive exhibition.
10.50 - 11.00 IntroductionCHRIS CALKIN, CHAIRMAN HFMA11.00 - 12.10 A Career in NHS FinancePAUL BRIDDOCK, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND CONTRACTING, CHESTERFIELD ROYAL NHS FT (Invited)LIBBY WALTERS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL NHS FTCATHY KENNEDY, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, NE LINCOLNSHIRE PCTKAREN ROSS, HEAD OF FINANCIAL CONTROL, AVON AND WILTSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP TRUST (Invited)The panel will discuss their career paths and share the challenges they have met and lessons learnt along the way. This session will provide ample opportunity for questions and discussion.12.10 - 13.00 Enhancing your Chances of SuccessPHILIP COLLINS, FORMER CHIEF SPEECH WRITER TO THE PRIME MINISTERPhilip Collins was, until July 2007, Chief Speech Writer to the Prime Minister. In that capacity he was heavily involved in all of the PM's major speeches from April 2005 onwards. His work at No 10 Downing Street entailed the co-ordination, writing and editing of all the OM's speeches. In an entertaining and though provoking closing session, Philip will give you some invaluable tips on how to present yourself - in writing and in person - to create maximum positive impact.
NIALL DICKSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, KINGS FUND
CHRIS CALKIN, CHAIRMAN, HFMA
JOHN YARNOLD, FINANCE DIRECTOR, PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
DR STEVEN ALLDER, CLINICAL DIRECTOR, PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
BOB BROADWAY, CHAIRMAN, HFMA USA
Chaired by NIALL DICKSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, KINGS FUND
Followed by Call My Bluff wine Tasting Challenge
ARDENTIA - SPEAKER TBAA whole new dimension is added when we take financial data down to patient level. Values can still be aggregated to service level. However, they can also be analysed at other levels, notably that of individual consultants. Furthermore, being able to call up the patient records with their financial value allows us to explain anolalies spotted at service level. This session will focus on a case study enabling delegates to learn from their approach.
PAUL MILLIGAN, HEAD OF PFI & MAJOR PROJECTS AND SCOTT MCCUEN, DIRECTOR OF CONSULTING, SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONSTo provide an overview of how a structured approach to the management of equipment can directly impact on the efficiency of the organisation.Effective technology investment via process evaluation can help the acute hospital gain value resulting in sustainable, improved financial results and better patient outcomes. The optimisation of processes and methodologies can be designed to directly help Trusts adapt to market demands. Maximising the efficiency of clinical operations will provide the tools needed to overcome the challenges of resource and time constraints, and focus on increasing the quality of care for patients.
DOUG STARK, VP PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, MEDE INTERNATIONALThe pace of technological advancement has never been faster than today. Innovation in media display, the blurring of communication channels and the internet have created real opportunities to radically change the way we disseminate information and communicate within the work environment which would never have been thought possible less than a decade ago.Harnessing these opportunities locally is essential if the NHS is going to continue to modernise and find yet greater efficiencies that the new operating framework demands. Planning for this however goes way beyond a capital budget process because introducing these new wave technologies changes the way organisations interact and work. This session examines some of the leading edge international experience in adopting modern informatics strategies, highlighting the tools available and the lessons learned through their implementation in the UK and US.
Please select this option if you are not attending a Breakfast Session.
CHRIS CALKIN, CHAIRMAN HFMA
PROFESSOR SIR BRUCE KEOGH, NHS MEDICAL DIRECTOR (Invited)
PROFESSOR DAME CHRISTINE BEASLEY CBE, CHIEF NURSING OFFICER
ROBERT HARRIS, POLICY DIRECTOR, MONITOR SUE JACQUES, FINANCE DIRECTOR AND A CLINICIAN (TBA), COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTClinical 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 (Invited)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 SITE 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 RIDSWELL, ASSISTANT CHIEF EXECUTIVE, PUBLIC SECTOR CONSULTANTSHealthcare 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 PCTProgramme 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 AND A DH SPEAKER (Invited)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 - SPEAKERS TBAJoin 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 THORNTONAre you and your auditors ready for the impact that the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards in 2009-10 will have on the preparation and audit of annual financial accounts?Does your Action Plan also include the changes that will be required to:- internal financial reporting and budgeting?- business case approvals?- train finance staff, the Board and clinicians on the changes that IFRS will have on reported results?The session will be of particular interest to bodies with significant PFI or leasing transactions.
Director General of NHS Performance and Operation, Department of Health
Chief Executive, North West SHA
Executive Chairman, Monitor
Chief Executive, Audit Commission
Chaired by CHRIS CALKIN, CHAIRMAN, HFMA
THE RIGHT HONORARY ALAN JOHNSON MP, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH (Invited)
followed by After Dinner Party with The Gilev Show Band
Members onlyFollowed by conference Speech from HFMA Chairman
MICHELLE MONE An inspirational and entertaining speaker, Michelle Mone explains how her determination and morivation to succeed have helped her to overcome a variety of challenges, set up a highly successful business and become one of the UK's leading female entrepreneurs.
ANDREW NEILAndrew will provide a fascinating account of his career, drawing on his extensive experience as a publisher, editor, writer, broadcaster, public speaker and media consultant to illustrate the importance of influencing, connecting and engaging in order to fully understand and play a key part in the big picture.
PROFESSOR LORD WINSTONFew people have achieved as much in their lifetime as Professor Lord Robert Winston. One of the world's most respected medical academics and researchers, Professor Lord Winston is Chancellor Elect of Sheffield Hallam University and Professor of Science and Society at Imperial College, London. A major contributor to the development of gyneacological microsurgery in the 1970s, he was a prime figure in the enormous profess in reproductive medicine, particularly in the field of endocrinology and IVF. He has earned international recognition and won numerous highly prestigious awards and honours for his work. Over the past few years he has written and hosted a variety of extremely popular science programmes for the BBC including "Child of our Time", "Walking with Cavemen" and "Your Life in their Hands". Professor Lord Winston is a strong believer in improving communication and public engagement with science. His interests and talents are wide ranging and his activites in the House of Lords include speaking regularly on education, science, medicine and the arts. He is an acclaimed speaker and will undoubtedly provide an intriguing, motivating and inspiring closing address to the conference.
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