The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – West Yorkshire

I delivered The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide today in Keighley, West Yorkshire. Fifteen people attended and every one of them rated their overall impression of the day as ‘Excellent’ and their overall impression of the speaker as ‘Excellent’.

Here are some of the comments made:

“Can’t believe how such a ‘dry’ subject could be presented in such an interesting and enjoyable way – thank you.” – Community Midwifery Manager

“Never change the way that you deliver it” – Senior Charge Nurse

“Extremely enjoyable course – I’ve been a budget holder for 6 years and learned a lot from the day.” – Head of Radiology and Neurophysiology

“Superb, relevant study day.” – Senior Sister OPD

“Thanks. Excellent. A must for all budget holders.” – Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Manager

“This is a very deep and dull topic. David made this day very interesting. Lots of information given in an excellent way. This was the best study day I’d ever attended. Thank you.” – Specialist Pharmacist Technician

“The course was entertaining with excellent advice and information.” – Mobility Services Manager

“David is a brilliant facilitator, made the day enjoyable and humorous. Thanks.” – Senior Sister

“An extremely engaging and motivating speaker. Never thought that budgets could be made interesting!” – ANC/Maternity Assessment Centre Manager

Finance Department says:

2 March 2010 at 10:30 am

We asked for feedback from those who had attended and they were all extremely positive – especially about David Bailey.

I have met with three of the budget holders since the course and they have really taken on board what was taught. All of them were pretty good before the training but now they understand what they should focus on and are all following the “7 Steps”. One has even been given the confidence to put together a document to take to her manager to address cost pressures.

Overall it was a huge success. Everyone found something useful to take back into the workplace. A few of the budget holders may have been a little too experienced for the course but I think they also found it interesting and will hopefully pass on the principles to other members of staff.

Some of the comments we received:
• I personally found it interesting and informative. It is pitched at a level of someone who is relatively new to budget management (although by saying new I mean up to 2 years experience) but I took plenty of tips to take away from the day even though I have held budgets for 6 years. If the opportunity to run the session arises again I would definitely recommend that any clinically based manager who has held a budget for less than 3-4 should attend and any managers with more experience would still benefit.
• I felt that I learnt a lot and it is a very beneficial day that met all the objectives.
• The study day was excellent, and all budget holders should attend it as compulsory! The speaker was highly engaging and entertaining, never anticipated that I would enjoy a day about budgets so much!!

I have had a few people enquire as to whether another training day would be held. I know the demand is high from all NHS organizations to attend this course but we would love for you to hold another event in our area if possible.

Thank you very much for organizing the event specifically for us and all your help in the run up. I am hoping that now some of the staff have had a taster of the training available they may enroll on other events a bit further afield; two people have already expressed an interested in attending “Making a business case”.

Phil Cunnington on “Brilliantly engaging! Who knew NHS Finance could be fun? Really clever and straightforward explanations of previously elusive financial and economic jargon. Thanks!” – Clinical Directors’ Programme – The King’s FundAn exceptional presentation which made the rather complex and mysterious world of NHS finance clearer. Gave a view of finance and the need to engage with all parties that should be a prerequisite for any clinical and manager.
Sophia on “David is an exceptional trainer. His Making the Business Case is worth the time investment. He is logical, convincing, authentic and an expert in the subject.” – Making the Business Case – NottinghamThank you David again for the training on Making the Business Case - I have will be distributing my learning to our team to use in future Business Case Development. It was a fantastic day!
Jamie on “David is an exceptional trainer. His Making the Business Case is worth the time investment. He is logical, convincing, authentic and an expert in the subject.” – Making the Business Case – NottinghamThank you David for making the "Making the Business Case" training informative and structured. I really enjoyed this course and I have already started using knowledge from your training in my day to day role. Thank you
Jeff on The Budget Holder’s Survival GuideGreat course in Derby. I go to a lot of these sorts of training sessions. This session wasn't remotely dry despite the subject matter. Kept us engaged and interested throughout. Very informative, very well facilitated. Will be recommending to others.
Lynda Furness on ”Great interactive course. Simple to understand and relevant.” – Report Writing – NottinghamDavid Thank you for a great day on report writing course
Suzanne Taylor on “Yet another excellent course. Very informative and practical.” – Making the Business Case – CambridgeNHS budget holders guide, delivered in an easy to understand way, with humour thrown in for good measure.
Carole on The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – BookDear David Is there an updated version of the NHS Budget Holders Survival guide? The only version I can find was published in 2002 ( Amazon).
Mohamed Amin on “Yet another excellent course. Very informative and practical.” – Making the Business Case – CambridgeDear David, Thank you for yet another thought stimulating course. I was very impressed by your approach on the course last year, hence attended again. Your analytical skills and the way you teach them are highly appreciated. I have never ever been taught (including on my MBA), how to do a SWOT analysis in the way you taught us on the course.
Onika Patrick-Redhead on “Yet another excellent course. Very informative and practical.” – Making the Business Case – CambridgeNot only did I value the course I felt that David really connected and delivered a fantastic session, it was detailed and informative. I would recommend his course. Step by step on how to do an efficient business case.

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