One NHS Finance began as a nationwide conversation that gave everyone working in the finance community the opportunity to share current challenges and input into how the future of the function is shaped. The feedback from the conversations is being developed and delivered through Future-Focused Finance, the National Finance Academy, and the Finance Innovation Forum.
Future Focused Finance
A national programme designed to engage everyone in improving NHS Finance to support the delivery of quality services for patients.
Finance Innovation Forum
The Finance Innovation Forum is a platform of discovery for existing and emerging innovations in NHS Finance.
National Finance Academy
The National Finance Academy aims to ensure there is an inclusive, comprehensive, and structured training and development offer for all staff across England.
The programmes are overseen by the NHS Finance Leadership Council who act as the main decision-making forum for the NHS Finance Development Strategy. The Council sets the strategic direction of the NHS Finance Function and be accountable for achieving its vision.
We are a diverse, highly skilled, and respected workforce with strong leadership, working together to support the delivery of world class health and care. We are innovators and problem solvers, collaborating across systems to provide the best value for patients. We strive to improve our function and develop our people, making our NHS the employer of choice for a career in finance.
Together we are One NHS Finance.
Finance Leadership Groups oversee each of the programmes to provide visible strategic leadership of the NHS Finance Function, the finance community and finance issues facing the NHS. The groups will be responsible for identifying and developing projects and activities that are of value to the NHS finance community, to ensure the delivery of the NHS Finance Development Strategy.
A dedicated national delivery team supports the development and implementation of the strategy through the programmes under One NHS Finance. The team works across all three of the programmes to ensure there is cohesion across all the projects within the programme, reporting progress through the Finance Leadership Groups to the Finance Leadership Council on a regular basis.