“This is one of the best study days I’ve done! Thank you.” – The NHS Budget Holder’s Survival Guide – Cambridge

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

Evaluation Comments

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

“This is one of the best study days I’ve done! Thank you.” – Anne White, Head of Nursing, Papworth Hospital

“Great! Should have come on this course a long time ago. This has really helped me in communicating with my budget manager. Thank you for a great day! And I did not fall asleep.” – Karen Stagg, Head of Continuing Healthcare, Luton CCG

“David kept the group engaged throughout the session. The session was very informative and fun! Group work and activities fantastic.” – Beverley Husbands, Commissioning Officer, Luton CCG

“The true/false exercise was good and building into the feedback answers the explanation was a useful way of teaching. It’s been a useful day, some consolidation of knowledge, some new learning and an appreciation that in comparison to others I have a great finance team to work with who meet me regularly, support me and listen!” – Nicola Swan, Service Lead Physio and OT Outpatients, Luton and Dunstable Hospital

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.