“All the things that need to be considered when costing a service.”

Many thanks to everyone who attended my Costing Your Service Workshop in Essex today. Despite a hot and noisy room it was fascinating to see the parallel needs of both commissioners and providers for high quality costing information.

Evaluation Comments

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

“All the things that need to be considered when costing a service even though the NHS Costing Manual makes no sense at all!” – Pat Harvey, Business Delivery Manager, North East Essex CCG

“Method of costing – apply in future contract negotiations with providers – have greater clarity on the provider approach / arguments.” – Victoria Sawtell, Business Delivery Manager, NHS North East Essex CCG

“Good course which I will be able to use methods taught in the future.” – Jaya Bawa, AFM, Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust

Resources

NHS Reference Costs

2010-11 reference costs publication

NHS Costing Manual

NHS costing manual 2010-11

NHS Mandatory Tariff

Confirmation of Payment by Results (PbR) arrangements for 2012-13

Presentation

2012-07-19 Costing Your Service Presentation

Many thanks to everyone who participated in such an enjoyable day.

Clare Allen on The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – BookI would be beneficial to read this book in the future.
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.

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