Healthcare Finance
December 2020

NHS: spending review funding boost may not be enough

Covid offers chance for reset, says HFMA

Covid spending consistent in first six months

Plans remain in place for training tariff reform

News review - December 2020

Moving beyond the ennui

There may be a general malaise around Covid, but there is blue sky on the horizon, says HFMA president Caroline Clarke

Uncertain times

More detail is needed to understand the spending review’s headline figures, says Steve Brown

An extraordinary year

Mark Knight trails the HFMA annual conference and looks ahead to life beyond Covid

Valuations and provisions highlighted as priority areas for 2020/21 year-end

It seems a little early to start thinking about the end of the financial year, but 2020/21 has been a year like no other, so there may well be more to think about.

HFMA Academy: qualification successes during a challenging year

A virtual awards ceremony at the start of December will celebrate the latest successful graduates from the HFMA Academy’s increasingly established portfolio of qualifications.

Appointments – December 2020

The latest job moves

Technical review – December 2020

News on leasing standard deferral, VAT changes and non-contract activity payment proposals.

Inclusion and diversity guidance launched

Future-Focused Finance has produced a new inclusion and diversity resource pack with its national inclusion and diversity delivery group.

Boyle returns to WWL

Ian Boyle has joined Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) as chief finance officer – a return to a trust where he has spent a large part of his working life.