Event / HFMA, SDN & ONF Eastern Branch annual conference 2024
We hope you enjoyed the Eastern Annual Conference 2024 delivered jointly with SDN (Skills Development Network) and ONF (One NHS Finance) which took place 26-28 February. The conference was available both in person and online with day one being our designated virtual workshop day.
It was an exciting event with 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 170 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 2024 Eastern awards across seven categories. 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 in the programme below. Recordings will be added where available
Eastern Annual Conference 2024 - Reel
Programme
Day 1 workshop sessions
PDF slides from the workshop sessions can be found by following the below link
https://www.skillsdevelopmentnetwork.com/east-of-england-annual-conference-material
David Bacon, Director of finance, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
HFMA Eastern Branch chair
Zoe Pietrzak, Regional director of finance, NHS England – East of England
NHSE regional update from Zoe Pietrzak, Regional director of finance, NHS England – East of England
Lisa Goldstone, Partner – healthcare and life sciences, IBM Consulting
Tom Newman, Senior managing consultant - data services, IBM Consulting
Kerman Jasavala, Associate partner, IBM Consulting
James Lewis, Managing strategy consultant, IBM Consulting
Delivering efficiencies using digital and AI session delivered by Lisa Goldstone, Partner – healthcare, Tom Newman, Senior managing consultant, Kerman Jasavala, Associate partner, and James Lewis, Managing strategy consultant, IBM Consulting
Dr Pat Oakley, Director, Practices made Perfect Limited
Big science and big data – impact assessment delivered by Dr Pat Oakley, Director, Practices made Perfect Limited
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - Costing award winner
Jenny Powell, Head of finance, costing and benchmarking
Emma Mint, Senior finance benchmarking & reporting manager
Amanda Weston, Costing finance manager
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Diversity and inclusion award winner
Gerrie Powell-Jones, Clinical coding team lead
Martha Biza, Finance business partner
Local team showcase delivered by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - Costing award winners and Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Diversity and inclusion award winners
Qaiser Malik, Consultant radiologist, Mid and South Essex NHS FT
Darren Taylor, Deputy director of operations - radiology, Mid and South Essex NHS FT
Productivity session delivered by Qaiser Malik, Consultant radiologist, and Darren Taylor, Deputy director of operations - radiology, Mid and South Essex NHS FT
Darren Edwards, Adventurer, and inspirational speaker
Claire Wilson, Chief finance officer, Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
HFMA President
Presidents address delivered by Claire Wilson, Chief finance officer, Cheshire and Merseyside ICB, HFMA President
Keith Wood, Senior finance manager, NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB
HFMA Eastern Branch president
Winners of the Eastern Branch Awards 2024
kindly sponsored by Venn Group Recruitment
kindly sponsored by Newton Europe
Daryl Cockman, Head of financial development, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS FT
HFMA Eastern Branch vice chair
Professor Matthew Cripps, Director of Behaviour Change, NHS England
Using behaviour change to enhance the impact of improving value session delivered by Professor Matthew Cripps, Director of Behaviour Change, NHS England
Shona Metcalf, Director of finance, NHS Kent and Medway ICB
Delivering a greener NHS session delivered by Shona Metcalf, Director of finance, NHS Kent and Medway ICB
Phil Carver, Regional director of workforce, training & education, NHS England – East of England
Long term workforce plan session delivered by Phil Carver, Regional director of workforce, training & education, NHS England – East of England
Andrea McGee, Finance and procurement adviser to the Ministry for Health, Care and Business, Gibraltar and Director of finance, The Care Agency, Gibraltar
Talent management strategy session delivered by Andrea McGee, Finance and procurement adviser to the Ministry for Health, Care and Business, Gibraltar and Director of finance, The Care Agency, Gibraltar
Rainbow – Maria Wheeler, Chief finance officer, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS FT
Diversity networks session delivered by Maria Wheeler, Chief finance officer, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS FT
Sir Julian Hartley, Chief executive, NHS Providers
Politics and priorities in the NHS session delivered by Sir Julian Hartley
Professor Paul McGee, Managing director, PMA International Ltd
Keynote speakers
Regional director of finance – East of England, NHS England
IBM consulting partner lead, NHS Local
Associate Partner, IBM
Senior Managing Consultant - Data Services, IBM Consulting
James Lewis, managing strategy consultant, IBM Consulting
Director, Practices made Perfect Ltd
Head of finance costing and benchmarking, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Senior finance benchmarking & reporting manager, Mid & South Essex NHS FT
Costing finance manager, Mid & South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Student representative
Consultant radiologist, Mid and South Essex NHS FT
Deputy director of operations - radiology, Mid and South Essex NHS FT
Adventurer and inspirational speaker
HFMA president 2023/24
Director of sustainable healthcare, NHS England
Director of finance, NHS Kent & Medway
Regional director of workforce, training & education, NHS England - East of England
Finance and procurement adviser to the Ministry for Health, Care & Business, Gibraltar Director of finance, the care agency, Gibraltar
Chief finance officer, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chief executive, NHS Providers
Managing director, PMA international Ltd
Exhibitors
BDO LLP is one of the UK and world’s largest Accountancy firms providing, tax, audit and assurance, advisory and business outsourcing services.
One NHS Finance (ONF) brings together the Future-Focused Finance, National Finance Academy, and the Finance Innovation Forum programmes.
The NHS Skills Development Network operates across NHS organisations in England and Wales.
Liaison Group seeks to inspire savings for health in workforce and finance, through intelligence, specialists and technology.
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) is the market leader in corporate services with about two-thirds of the NHS using one or more of our products.
Venn Group have worked hand-in-hand with the Healthcare Sector for more than 20 years.
Services include internal audit, anti-crime, security management, IT audit, cyber assurance and digital forensics services.
Sellick Partnership is a market leading professional services recruitment specialist providing recruitment solutions.
CRS VAT is a leading provider of VAT services working exclusively with the NHS.
Enable East is an innovative, independent NHS team hosted by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, with services delivered across the UK
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