August 2025 One NHS Finance Team Updates
Welcome to the August One NHS Finance blog. Here you will find all the highlights of our programmes and networks over the last month and discover all the opportunities and everything else coming up in the month ahead.
Important Upcoming Dates That You Should Know
Towards Excellence Accreditation – next submission deadline August 31.
Value Maker Award Nominations – open August 26 to September 26.
Networks
Last month, we heard from some of our South West Inclusion and Diversity Ambassadors about the incredible work they have been doing as a network to advance the EDI agenda in their region. In case you missed it, rewatch the session here.
We are pleased to confirm that bookings are now open to watch the Value Maker Annual Conference online. If you can’t make it in person, be sure to tune in for a day of inspiring sessions and valuable insights. Book your online place for November 15 here: Value Maker Annual Conference 2025 – Online. Nominations for the Value Maker Awards open this month on August 27, so start thinking about who you’d like to nominate! The awards will be presented at VMAC.
A new Health & Wellbeing Showcase Session has been confirmed for next month: Juggling Work and Family. Do you ever feel stretched between work and caring responsibilities? Join this online workshop on Thursday, 18th September, 1:30–2:30 pm, where Susie Robbins, founder of Resolve to Play, will share simple, practical strategies to help you build harmony at home without adding to your workload.
Programmes
Last month, we delivered Day 3 of The Career Progressors Programme, and we love this photo shared by delegate Adedotun Adeyelu; “I am grateful to be part of a community that believes in continuous growth and is committed to shaping the leaders of tomorrow.”
We are still after your feedback on appraisals so we can identify areas for improvement and share any good practice. Please take the anonymous survey here.
Through our new Surviving and Thriving initiative, more resources are now available to support organisations in Financial Recovery. Access them all here: Surviving and Thriving.
Due to popular demand, we are pleased to confirm that monthly workshops on Process Redesign with AI will continue until March 2026. During the workshops, attendees will learn how to map their processes and utilise AI to redesign them for greater efficiency. Explore sessions here.
The next NHS Finance Innovation Programme submission deadline for peer review is August 29. Find out more and how to submit your innovation here – Submit an Innovation.
We are pleased to release the event agenda for The Sponsorship Summit, read the agenda here. We hope to see many of you in person!
That’s a wrap for this month, please download our monthly presentation slides below. Thank you for reading.