Technical / One NHS Finance gets green light

Under the new One NHS Finance (ONF) umbrella, three initiatives will be delivered, led by leaders across NHS finance and through the well-established value-makers network:

• Future-Focused Finance – now part of the ONF programme, FFF will continue to build on its initiatives and networks to date
• A new National Finance Academy – which will act as a one-stop shop for finance staff training and development
• A Finance Innovation Forum – which aims to harness the ideas and innovations happening across NHS finance, to roll out more widely across organisations.

These initiatives will be governed by the Finance Leadership Council (FLC) and chaired by Julian Kelly, chief financial officer for NHS England and NHS Improvement.

At the May FLC meeting, proposed delivery plans for these initiatives for the next two years were signed off. The plans, including opportunities for all finance staff, will be launched at the Becoming One NHS Finance online event* on 23 September. This will include sessions from Julian Kelly and the three new chairs leading the three initiatives under the ONF umbrella – Simon Worthington, Hardev Virdee and Jenny Ehrhardt.

*Click here to book.  A report sharing the feedback and analysis from the ONF campaign is also available.