Blogs

Levelling up: down to business

by Sanjay Agrawal

16 September 2021

Addressing health inequalities is not only the right thing to do but may help to deliver value within the NHS and across society in general. And NHS finance practitioners need to be involved.

Data quality: it’s about way more than payment systems

by Paula Monteith

07 September 2021

Let’s face it, the NHS is in the middle of huge change. Change in clinical practice and healthcare provision, driven by necessity. Change in legislation driven by policy. And change in the provider/commissioner landscape. Those of us who have been around forever have seen ‘similar’ before, but not to this extent. So why is data still important?

Getting costing back on track

by Catherine Mitchell

01 September 2021

The goal of establishing comprehensive patient-level costs to a common standard across the NHS remains the right one. But the costing programme needs to be reset.

Under pressure

by Caroline Clarke

27 August 2021

The country may be talking about the return to normality, with night clubs, music venues and restaurants now in full swing. But in the NHS we face a new normality with Covid-19 treatment now part of business-as-usual.

Driving environmental sustainability – where to start?

by Lisa Robertson

24 August 2021

‘Urgent action is needed to address climate change or the world will soon face catastrophe’. This warning from Alok Sharma, UK climate minister is echoed in the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Yet, the report makes clear that there is still time to act.

Bermuda Shorts 23: not coming home yet

by Bill Shields

11 August 2021

Bermuda Hospital Board's chief financial officer Bill Shields gets a first-hand view of the differences in Covid response between the territory and England

Year-end stocktake

by Debbie Paterson

26 July 2021

‘It’s been a difficult year’, ‘these unusual times’, ‘unlike any other’ – phrases that we have heard again and again this year. And they can be applied to the preparation and audit of the 2020/21 annual report and accounts.

Prevention opportunity

by Sanjay Agrawal

21 July 2021

There has been lots of talk about the benefits of prevention, but new funding offers a chance to put it into practice.

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The future financial sustainability of health and social care

23 September 2021

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Roundtable: a vision for ophthalmology

15 September 2021

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Finance development strategy launched

23 September 2021

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Providers call for capital funding boost and reform

23 September 2021

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