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The South West SHA - Finance Skills Development

The South West SHA Finance Skills Development Board is working with HFMA to provide a comprehensive and focused programme of finance skills development across the South West.

The programme aims to provide extensive training and development opportunities for finance staff, finance directors, non finance staff and non executives and  focuses on key priorities and identified development needs. It includes development programmes, technical seminars, conferences, coaching and support networks and access to e-learning. 

All NHS organisations within the South West SHA area that have paid the relevant FSD contributions are entitled to a number of free places on the events listed below...

12 October 2010 CPD/Techincal Update - Tax Event
Aimed at finance professionals who have a responsibility for VAT. This will include some good detailed training on actual rules with guidance and tips on areas that are usually missed or mistakenly reclaimed, relevant to the NHS. The session will also give an update on issues that are known to be coming up and those that are thought to be on the agenda. 		Dorchester
 
09 November 2010 Finance for Non Finance Taunton
 
11 November 2010 CPD/Techincal Update - Forecasting Techniques
The day to include best-practice forecasting and budgeting techniques and to give participants the opportunity to understand what is required of them and to clarify what they require of the budget so that it becomes an invaluable management tool for the whole organisation.		 Bristol
 
16 November 2010 FSD Leads Seminar Taunton
 
20 January 2011 CPD/Techincal Update - Lean Thinking
This event will cover:
- finance methods for benefits tracking
- service line management and lean
- integrating SLM, lean and benefits tracking to deliver financial and quality targets		 Taunton
 
26 January 2011 Introduction to Finance Bristol
 
09 February 2011 Finance & Skills Development Taunton
 
15 February 2011 Student Event Bristol
 
16 March 2011 CPD/Techincal Update - Sustainability
An update on the sustainability agenda and an opportunity to learn from those who are already moving forward with this agenda.		 Bristol
 
30 March 2011 Finance for Non Finance Bristol
 
04 May 2011 Finance for Non Finance Dorchester
 
12 May 2011 FSD Leads Seminar Taunton


Further places over your organisation’s allocation can be purchased at an additional charge.

Please contact your organisation’s FSD Lead for more information about the programme or contact rachael.townsend@hfma.org.uk, the South West Learning & Development Co-ordinator from HFMA.

Please contact the FSD lead within your organisation if you would like to book a place on any of these FSD events. Places at these events are limited so please book your places early.