“I feel I’ve received the full package, I’m fully equipped. It was a fabulous day! Excellent, wonderful VFM!” – The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Stansted

The NHS Budget Holder's Survival Guide

Another great day running The Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – this time in Stansted.

Evaluation Comments

Comments from today’s event include (with written permission gratefully received from each participant):

“I thoroughly enjoyed the day and learned tons! Really!!”Michael Luckie, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

“I now know what to tell finance, and what to ask them! I think I’ll be able to make my way through our budget statements, with feelings of despondency based on understanding the figures, rather than not understanding the figures… This workshop was far more interesting and relevant than I feared, Thank you so much! David is fabulous!”Dr Esther Kiehl, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

“Content is very good. Useful exercise – really helped to translate it into real world of the NHS.” Dr Andrea Hewitt, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

“Thank you for a really great course – friendly, informative and I will definitely be recommending to others!”Emma Gaskell, Primary Care Manager, GMTS

“I feel I’ve received the full package, I’m fully equipped. It was a fabulous day! Excellent, wonderful VFM!”Sue Courtman, CNS Paediatric Diabetes, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

“Very well presented. Very engaging. Really interesting. I liked that it was interactive and had group work. The most useful course I have been on for a long time.” Laura Bennett-Painter, GMTS Trainee

“Engaging, great manner, pace, voice, charming / direction of questions.”Tess Zermanos, GMTS

“Was far better than expected!”Clare Symms, Research Management, NHS South Norfolk CCG

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 doing finance training within the NHS and have developed a Seven Step Method for interpreting financial reports using seven questions, making three calculations and taking no more than 15 minutes. It works every time.

Resources

It’s essential to have a Budgetary Control Policy within your organisation if you’re going to have clear standards of financial support and clear policies for financial practice. Examples of Budgetary Control Policies include:

Lincolnshire Partnership – Budgetary Control Manual
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust – Budgetary Control Policy
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG – Budget Holders Manual

I wish you luck in implementing your Action Plan. Do let me know how you get on. Many thanks to everyone who made the day so successful. Feel free to leave a review below in Leave A Reply. Thank you.

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