“Brilliant. What a FAB day and I hate maths! Everyone should have this if they have budget management.” – The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Eastbourne

“Brilliant. What a FAB day and I hate maths! Everyone should have this if they have budget management.” – The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Eastbourne

Another great day running The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – this time in Eastbourne in East Sussex. Evaluation Comments Comments from today’s event include (with written permission gratefully received from each participant): “Understanding budget printouts was great when David explained exactly what we had learned after the exercise.” – Lisa Hatton-Shaw, Human Resources Business Partner …

“Enjoyed the course and learned lots!” – Evaluating Tenders – Pontefract

“Enjoyed the course and learned lots!” – Evaluating Tenders – Pontefract

Today’s Evaluating Tenders event in Pontefract was a chance to learn from the experience of evaluating NHS tenders for clinical services. In the past few years I’ve written, edited, challenged or presented successful NHS tenders for four counties of Child and Adolescent Mental Health services, Addictions Services, Children’s Speech and Language Therapy, Eating Disorders and …

“One of the best training events I’ve ever attended in terms of both content and delivery. Managed to make a dry subject extremely entertaining!” – An Appreciation of NHS Finance – Pontefract

“One of the best training events I’ve ever attended in terms of both content and delivery. Managed to make a dry subject extremely entertaining!” – An Appreciation of NHS Finance – Pontefract

Many thanks to everyone who attended An Appreciation of NHS Finance in Pontefract today. An Appreciation of NHS Finance is a one day conference I have been running for several years every few months with the aim of bringing together finance staff, managers and clinicians to share some of the important areas of NHS Finance. …

“Presenter very good. Extremely impressed, excellent content and group participation. Highly recommend!” – Making the Business Case – Sedgefield

“Presenter very good. Extremely impressed, excellent content and group participation. Highly recommend!” – Making the Business Case – Sedgefield

Many thanks to all the participants who attended the Making the Business Case event in Sedgefield today. It was a pleasure to have your company. The Programme for Making the Business Case can be found here. Evaluation Comments Here are just some of the evaluation comments from today. All are reproduced with full written permission: …

“Enjoyed the day. Very informative.” – The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Ashford

“Enjoyed the day. Very informative.” – The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Ashford

Another great day running The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – this time in Ashford in Kent. Evaluation Comments Comments from today’s event include (with written permission gratefully received from each participant): “Very interesting.” – Amanda Malloy, AMD “A well presented session on a topic that doesn’t come naturally!” – Richard Allen, Senior Communications Manager “Enjoyed …

“Excellent presentation. Very fit for purpose. Engaging, interesting and highly informative.” – The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Norwich

“Excellent presentation. Very fit for purpose. Engaging, interesting and highly informative.” – The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Norwich

Another great day running The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – this time in Norwich. Evaluation Comments Comments from today’s event include (with written permission gratefully received from each participant): “Thank you for a really interesting day.” – Clare Thompson, Clinical Service Lead “Excellent presentation. Very fit for purpose. Engaging, interesting and highly informative.” – Nick …

“Excellent study day – best of all I have attended in many years” – Winning NHS Tenders – Cambridge

“Excellent study day – best of all I have attended in many years” – Winning NHS Tenders – Cambridge

Today’s Winning NHS Tenders event in Cambridge was a chance to learn from the experience of creating NHS tenders for clinical services. In the past few years I’ve written, edited, challenged or presented successful NHS tenders for four counties of Child and Adolescent Mental Health services, Addictions Services, Children’s Speech and Language Therapy, Eating Disorders …

“I feel I now have the tools to scrutinise my budget reports and have meaningful conversations with the accountant.” – The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Lowestoft

“I feel I now have the tools to scrutinise my budget reports and have meaningful conversations with the accountant.” – The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Lowestoft

Many thanks to everyone who attended The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide in Lowestoft today. It’s always interesting to see how people’s confidence in interpreting financial reports can be transformed in just a day. I’ve spent two decades delivering finance training within the NHS and have developed a Seven Step Method for interpreting financial reports using …

“David is excellent. Has really improved my confidence.” – Costing Your Service – Cambridge

“David is excellent. Has really improved my confidence.” – Costing Your Service – Cambridge

Many thanks to everyone who attended my Costing Your Service Workshop in Cambridge today. It was a pleasure to have your company. Evaluation Comments Comments from today’s event include (with written permission received from each participant): “David is excellent. Has really improved my confidence.” – Liz Ellis, Team Manager “A good recap on costing principles …

“Excellent day. Informative and presented with great wit and humour with clear understanding what life is like as a budget manager.” – The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Hatfield

“Excellent day. Informative and presented with great wit and humour with clear understanding what life is like as a budget manager.” – The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Hatfield

Many thanks to everyone who attended The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide in Hatfield today. It’s always interesting to see how people’s confidence in interpreting financial reports can be transformed in just a day. I’ve spent two decades delivering finance training within the NHS and have developed a Seven Step Method for interpreting financial reports …

“Really worthwhile day and presented in a fantastic, engaging way.” – The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Cambridge

“Really worthwhile day and presented in a fantastic, engaging way.” – The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Cambridge

Many thanks to everyone who attended The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide in Cambridge today. It’s always interesting to see how people’s confidence in interpreting financial reports can be transformed in just a day. I’ve spent two decades delivering finance training within the NHS and have developed a Seven Step Method for interpreting financial reports …

“It actually made accounting interesting!” – The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Colchester

“It actually made accounting interesting!” – The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Colchester

Many thanks to everyone who attended The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide in Colchester today. It’s always interesting to see how people’s confidence in interpreting financial reports can be transformed in just a day. I’ve spent two decades delivering finance training within the NHS and have developed a Seven Step Method for interpreting financial reports …