Magazine / Healthcare Finance September 2022
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With the health service moving on from the pandemic, NHS Supply Chain is looking at how it can mitigate rising costs and support cost improvements.
One trust's patient-level cost based value programme is gaining increasing clinical support
Standardised finance systems could improve the quality of financial reporting across the NHS.
A recent HFMA study tour to the Netherlands discovered some approaches that could have some application in the NHS.
Virtual wards are seen as one way of supporting NHS recovery and plans are being developed across the UK.
The HFMA’s strategy for 2022 to 2025 is a bold, ambitious vision for the association over the next three years.
News
Ms Truss said tackling the energy cost crisis is a priority. The scale of its impact on the NHS could be seen in a British Medical Journal report.
NHS England remains committed to linking provider payments to quality, but recognises that the current mechanisms need further work.
Auditor general Adrian Crompton (pictured) said the position on break-even had improved. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
The report, by the government’s Infrastructure and Projects Authority, evaluates a project’s likelihood of achieving its objectives.
Seamus Ward assesses the past two months in healthcare finance
Comment
Workforce remains a major challenge as the NHS looks to reduce waiting lists
With winter approaching, the government’s new leadership team has urgent decisions to take on health and social care
We honoured key contributors and awarded honorary fellowships to those stepping back from frontline HFMA service.
Technical
The Financial Reporting Advisory Board (FRAB) two-day meeting in June included two agenda items of interest to NHS bodies.
Feedback on charities' annual return changes, health spending on Covid-19, unbundled services costing change, and the updated oversight framework.
A round-up of recent job moves
Ms Dragone retired at the end of July, having joined the NHS in 1986 as a regional trainee in South Tees. ‘A brilliant place to work,’ she says.
The newly reformatted advanced qualifications are being relaunched in October, Choice of modules will determine the specific diploma awarded.
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This event focused primarily on the use of costing information and the importance of working with others to turn data into business intelligence.
This conference will keep all those involved with NHS charities up to date with any changes to practices and procedures.