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Accounts Team of the Year

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This year’s award had the aim of recognising the most innovative and efficient Accounts Team of the Year with significant emphasis on the processes involved in completing the final accounts process.

Further detail on this Award can be found in HFMA’s 2009 Awards brochure.

Winner: Mersey Care NHS Trust

Mersey Care NHS Trust was not only the first trust in the North West to submit its accounts but it also did so on 20 April, three days ahead of the national deadline.

This achievement was founded on starting early and ensuring responsibilities were clear and milestones set out. An accounts production timetable was produced by the trust and ratified by its external auditors before being circulated in December 2008. Regular meetings were held to discuss issues that had arisen and to review progress, which ensured deadlines were met.

As well as being impressed by the trust’s discipline and organisation in producing its accounts, judges commended its collaborative working and innovation. The finance team worked closely with the trust’s communications department to produce the trust’s annual report. As well as being available in several languages, the annual report is available on the trust’s website with an audio reader facility.

Mersey Care finance director Neil Smith paid tribute to his department. 'The team worked extremely hard and developed an innovative approach to risk. I am very proud of them. As finance directors we know we are only as good as our staff and they are among the best.'

Further detail on the winning entry is available in the HFMA 2009 Awards Supplement.

What the judges said

“The trust developed templates and showed good examples of working inside and outside the organisation in a collaborative way. It demonstrated an innovative way of presenting accounts and engaging the public” 

Further detail on the entry requirements, judging criteria and judges for this particular award can be found in the HFMA 2009 Awards Brochure.

Also shortlisted
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Brent