Event / HFMA, SDN & ONF Eastern Branch annual conference 2023

We hope you enjoyed the Eastern Annual Conference 2023 delivered jointly with SDN (Skills Development Network) and ONF (One NHS Finance) which took place 20-22 February. The conference was a hybrid of in person and online with day 1 being our designated virtual workshop day.

It was an exciting event and included a line-up of fantastic speakers, including national and local finance leaders, motivational speakers and finance practitioners from the East of England. We were delighted to welcome over 150 people to attend in person at Wyboston, with many more accessing online and attending the virtual workshops. Many hours of CPD were delivered, alongside providing people with the opportunity to meet with colleagues from across the patch and build important networks for the future.

Building on the success of the inaugural HFMA Branch awards, we presented our 2023 Eastern awards across six categories.  Click the link below to see our worthy winners.  We also celebrated those organisations which achieved Towards Excellence Accreditation during the year.

Thank you to all our sponsors who helped make the event such a success.

Slides from the conference can be accessed via the links below.  Recordings of the workshops will be added where available.

Integrated planning
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Alison Tonge, director of integrated service development, NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

YOUnited – new ways of working!
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Elaine Young, service director for children, young people and families directorate, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Delivering the One NHS Finance strategy
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Peter Ridley, deputy chief financial officer – operational, NHS England
Jane Payling, academy director, East of England Finance Academy

The relaunched LGBTQ+ network
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Maria Wheeler, deputy director of finance, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Health and wellbeing – the science
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Dr William Bird MBE, chief executive officer, Intelligent Health

Norfolk & Waveney ICS health and wellbeing workstream
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Jodi Martin, senior strategic finance manager, Norfolk & Suffolk NHS FT
Lauren Smith, senior finance analyst, East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Alan Dawson, strategic finance manager, Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

NHSE regional update slides
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Zoe Pietrzak, regional director of finance – East of England, NHS England

A clinician’s insight on delivering efficiency (and value)
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Sanjay Agrawal, consultant in respiratory & intensive care medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester

Improving continuing Healthcare finances through improving outcomes – a case study from MSE
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Jennifer Kearton, director of resources, NHS Mid and South Essex ICB

Innovation in our system, warts, and all
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Presentations from our 6 systems on Innovation

Releasing your true potential … Who’s stopping you?
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Hayley Ringrose, policy & research manager, HFMA

HFMA president – Strength in numbers
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Lee Bond, chief financial officer, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS FT

To access the slides from our virtual workshop day, please use the following link

East of England: Post-Conference Material (skillsdevelopmentnetwork.com)

1A: Electronic Approval of Business Cases
1D: Coaching & Mentoring

2B: Developing a team culture in a virtual world

3A: Flash Monthly Position
3B: How to Make the Best of Yourself at Interview

4A: Automation as an opportunity not a threat
4B: CPD Dashboard

5A: Sustainability – How Can Finance Get Involved?
5B: Experiences of the Sponsorship Programme

EoE LGBTQ+ Network Launch

Speakers

• Chris Jewell
• Lee Bond
• Zoe Pietrzak
• Alison Tonge
• Hayley Ringrose
• Peter Ridley
• Professor Tim Briggs
• Professor Sanjay Agrawal

Eastern Branch Awards 2023 – Announcing our Winners

We were delighted to receive record numbers of nominations for this year’s Eastern awards. The judges were impressed by both the number and quality of the bids, resulting in very strong shortlists across all six categories.

This year saw the introduction of a new Innovation category, which highlighted the breadth of innovations in our region including innovative uses of technology, ways to improve productivity and a strong theme of environmental sustainability. 

The winners were announced at the regional finance conference on 21 February 2023.