IFRS Application
This session will look at example accounts disclosures required under IFRS and will also consider the impact of future accounting changes on the accounts.
Debbie Paterson, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
VAT
An update on relevant and topical VAT issues –
• New HM Revenue & Customs NHS VAT team – customer relationship managers
• EU transactions – are you dealing with them correctly?
• Social enterprises and new companies – VAT tips and traps.
• New contracted-out services list and updates from HMRC
Sue White, Technical VAT Manager, Liaison
Sustainability
Carbon reduction is the new black. It’s real, it’s here and it’s going to change the way the NHS does business. This session will provide participants with an introduction to carbon management, an understanding of where carbon emissions arise and an insight into the impact on the healthcare sector of the need to reduce its carbon footprint. It will also draw on best practice and real life case studies to show participants what they can do now to cut carbon, save money and make their organisations stand out from the crowd.
Fleur Nieboer, Senior Manager, KPMG
Quality, Safety and Efficiency
Newham University Hospitals Trust recently won the Efficiency Award at the HFMA 2009 Awards. A dedicated team was established to identify how improvements would be delivered and led to the trust setting up its quality, safety and efficiency programme. The results have been exceptional, not only through achieving savings in the short term but by creating a cultural shift that is a positive legacy to assist in the development of future years’ savings plans. This session will give the opportunity to learn from this organisations achievements and experiences.
Ian O’Connor, Director of Finance, Newham University Hospital Trust
Practical Innovation on delivering your QIPP Agenda
This session will explore, define and develop practical solutions to the QIPP agenda. Led by their Health Team, Deloittes will run a DeepDive™ workshop using some of the latest innovations from their work with NHS clients to stimulate debate. The team will be made up of practitioners highly experienced at implementing challenging and complex programmes across the NHS within commissioning and provider organisations. Developed to help some of the biggest organisations in the world make the most of innovation, DeepDive™ takes a really great idea, helps explore who needs to do what when … and looks at exciting ways of innovating the “how” of making it happen.
Rob Yearsley, Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences and Andy Ward, Director
Deloitte MCS Ltd
Joint Financing across Health and Social Care
This session will set out the findings from the Audit Commission's research into joint financing across adult health and social care, including the options available for integrated resources and services and how these have been implemented and outcomes delivered. It will also address relevant financial management issues, including audit and accounting requirements, and offer opportunity for debate.
Charlotte Goldman, Senior Health Policy Researcher and
Richard Edwards, Financial Management Researcher, Audit Commission