Event / Introduction to costing in the NHS

Collecting, analysing and understanding the cost of NHS patient care is vitally important in
making decisions about how to manage and deliver sustainable high-quality services. This
session will introduce the key concepts of patient-level costing, including:
• What is costing
• Why costing is important
• Why we collect costing information
• The role of a costing practitioner

Speakers

Hayley Ringrose   / Former Chief Financial Analyst – Contracting and Costing , Stockport NHS FT

Costing in the NHS has changed significantly over recent years. In this session you will hear
about the evolution from reference costs to the Costing Transformation Programme, the
development of the costing standards, the National Cost Collection and the move to patient level costing.

Speakers

Imran Mohammed   / Senior Costing Manager , NHS England and NHS Improvement

Reporting accurate cost information into a national database isn’t the only reason to collect patient-level data, and increasingly is not even the main reason. Organisations with Patient Level Information and Costing Systems (PLICS) are now starting to analyse and interpret their data locally to make important decisions about their services. This session will look at how organisations can use costing information to help make improvements to patient care.

Speakers

Amanda Brooks   / Head of Costing , Manchester University NHS FT