Magazine / Healthcare Finance December 2019

NHS efforts to reduce its impact on the environment are progressing, and some are making savings

Finance business partner roles promise benefits for accountants and NHS employers

Plans to ensure the NHS has the right finance staff working in the right way

There are plans to expand blended payments – a way of supporting more collaborative service development

The HFMA has raised concerns about plans to require all mental health trusts to submit patient-level costs next year.

Potential savings made as a result of establishing pathology networks are higher than initial estimates, according to NHS England and NHS Improvement.

The UK is in the throes of the general election, but there was little sign of the volume of NHS news falling in November.

Healthcare Finance editor Steve Brown says the NHS needs to plan now for the finance function it wants in the future

HFMA chief executive Mark Knight looks forward to the annual conference

A tour of the HFMA branches reveals strength in depth, says association president Bill Gregory

Moves to alter the information required in annual reports and accounts could have big implications, says Debbie Paterson

The past month’s key technical developments

NICE has recommended rucapaib for treating ovarian cancer

Association director of education Alison Myles unveils the new HFMA bitesize portfolio