HFMA bitesize courses

What are bitesize courses?

HFMA bitesize provides a range online CPD accredited courses, covering essential healthcare business and finance subjects. Courses vary in length:

Short courses provide 3 hours CPD at an introductory level.

Intermediate and advanced courses provide 6 and 10 hours CPD respectively and allow you to deepen your understanding of a subject, with the opportunity to gain a qualification.

All of the courses listed below are currently available for free to all NHS staff in England, through the ESR system. Click on the courses below to view full course details. 

To access the free courses through the ESR system, log in to the ESR and search for the course title you wish to access, from the list below.

Short courses - 3 hours CPD per course

• NHS charities
• Health economics
• Personal health budgets

Intermediate courses - 6 hours CPD per course

Series 1 - How finance works in the NHS:

• How the NHS is funded and structured
• Politics, policy and financial challenges
• Integration in healthcare

Series 2 - Governance and risk management in the NHS:

• The fundamentals of governance
• Risk management and governance
• Models of governance in the NHS
• Good governance
• Board assurance and working together

Series 3 - Management skills:

• Effective communication and presentation
• Influencing and negotiating
• Management and leadership
• Managing conflict
• Motivation and relationship management

Series 4 - Management skills part 2:

• Change management
• Project management
• Employee engagement
• Performance management
• Innovation and improvement

Advanced courses - 10 hours CPD per course

*New* - added May 2020

• Self-management, confidence and resilience
• Harnessing the power of clinical and financial collaboration
• Managing, motivating and leading teams
• Patient-level costing

Series 1 - Tools to support decision-making in healthcare:

• Ethical and professional considerations
• Information systems in decision-making