Healthcare Finance
April 2018

Pay deal aims to recruit and retain NHS staff

Quality, morale and financial position are top concerns for finance directors

Providers reject criticisms over subsidiaries

Department to review 6% interim loan interest charge ​

Emergency admissions challenge NHS finances

HFMA roundtables to examine NHS future

News review - April 2018

Lean food for thought

Alongside new models of care, we need new ways of working, says HFMA president Alex Gild

A bit of bully

Association chief executive Mark Knight discusses the importance of support networks

Budget blues

Healthcare Finance editor Steve Brown says extra funds may have been a forlorn hope, but the spring statement still feels like a missed opportunity

Technical: Revenue recognition standards – NHS bodies will have to review contracts

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) expects the introduction of financial reporting standard IFRS 15 – Revenue from contracts with customers – to result in very little change to existing practices.

NICE update: offers system view on emergency care

NICE’s guideline NG94 offers best practice advice on the organisation and delivery of emergency and acute medical care for over-16s in the community and in hospital.

Technical review - April 2018

A round-up of the latest technical developments, including an update on the quarter 4 agreement of balances exercise, a new continuing healthcare framework and a HFMA briefing on the application of IFRS 16 on accounting for leases.