Magazine / Healthcare Finance June 2022

Time and again it is said that patients and NHS services benefited from the rapid adoption of digital technology during the Covid pandemic.

Sometimes people in NHS finance – especially those in under-represented groups – need a little help to make their next career move.

NHS Wales has attracted attention for its development of value-based healthcare – and now it is taking the programme into the mainstream.

The NHS has set itself challenging targets to have net zero carbon by 2040 for the emissions it controls directly, and by 2045 for the wider emissions

New integrated care board finance directors talk about their role as system conductors, the challenges and the opportunities ahead.

Matt Gaunt, director of finance designate for the Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board, talks about some of the priorities facing the new system

At the NHS England and NHS Improvement board meeting in May, chief financial officer Julian Kelly said systems would get an extra £1.5bn

Reducing agency staff costs – a major focus before the pandemic – is one of the issues that is back on the agenda.

More than half of integrated care boards (ICBs) have officially appointed their chief finance officers ahead of the 1 July launch date.

In a letter to the service in May, NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said ICBs and their partners must focus efforts on recovery and patient care.

Finance must support integration, population health and equalities agenda

Many of you have asked about our conference centre at 110 Rochester Row in the wake of the pandemic.

Integrated care boards will launch next month in a difficult financial environment

NHS England and NHS Improvement published details of the minimum NHS contributions to better care fund (BCF) plans at the beginning of May.

It is early days yet but, as expected, auditors are focusing on accruals and provisions, capitalisation of expenditure.

The new approach will see learners from both secondary care and primary care working alongside each other.

A round-up of recent job moves

Despite recent challenges, the results from the trust, reduced infections and lives saved.