Magazine / Healthcare Finance March 2023
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Features
A new breed of SPC
Integrated care systems (ICSs) have been born in hard times. As the Public Accounts Committee said in February.
Statistical process control
Most people recognise the benefits of skills development. Better skilled staff will be better equipped to face new challenges and adapt.
News
A national cost collection (NCC) will go ahead in 2023 and will be undertaken at the patient level, NHS England has confirmed.
The Institute for Government and accountancy body CIPFA’s latest performance tracker said that ‘by any reasonable measure, hospitals are in crisis’.
Fully embracing flexible working within NHS finance can ensure that teams attract the widest pool of talent and improve retention levels.
NHS pay has stayed in the headlines throughout the end of 2022 into 2023.
Comment
The NHS faces huge pressures, with a long list of missed targets and historically low performance metrics.
Clear rules on funding and allocation will make for an easier planning round.
Our programme of work, led by Emma Knowles, continues.
Technical
A round-up of recent technical developments
However, as the preparations have been going on in earnest for around five years, it should be a challenge that finance teams and their auditors are p
The association last year opened up free membership to finance staff working at agenda for changes bands 2 to 6.
Mr Shearer (pictured) is currently site chief finance officer for St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which now operates as a hospi
A round-up of recent job moves in and around NHS finance
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