August 2026 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 opportunities and everything else coming up in the month ahead.
Important Upcoming Dates That You Should Know
Towards Excellence Accreditation – Submission deadline Monday, August 31st
Networks
Last month, we had 10 network meetings and events, including a wellbeing session that offered practical strategies to manage stress, reduce anxiety, and build resilience in a world of information overload. If you would like to rewatch this session or any of our previous health & wellbeing webinars, you can do so by registering for free here via the Roots Health Academy website using your NHS email address.
We are delighted to announce that nominations are now open for this year’s Value Maker Awards! Summer is the perfect time to think about the colleagues and teams who deserve recognition for their hard work and achievements. We have 7 award categories to choose from:
- Finance Excellence
- Champion of Change
- Team Player
- EDI
- Finance Education Award
- Rising Star
- Innovation
Read the full nomination guide here and please submit your nominations by Tuesday, September 29ᵗʰ via this form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/U9Sgds6U00
Programmes
Last month, we held two Talent Management training workshops. If you missed them, watch the recordings to learn how to have meaningful career development conversations, whether you’re planning your own growth or supporting your team’s progression. Talent Management: Effective Conversations About Your Career Development, Talent Management: Career Conversations that Count – A Manager’s Approach. The next workshops will be taking place on September 9 and September 10, find out more and how to book on here: Talent Management Workshops.
Another Finance Innovation Showcase took place last month: ‘The Cashboard: An improvement to cash flow forecasting.’ You can watch this session alongside 44 more recordings of interactive showcases to see the latest NHS finance innovations in action and discover how successful ideas can be applied in your team and organisation over our YouTube Innovation Playlist here: NHS Finance Innovation Showcases – YouTube.
We are very much looking forward to a day of networking, connecting and learning at The Sponsorship Summit next month in London, and only 30 spaces remain now, so please secure your place early to avoid disappointment.
That’s a wrap for this month, please download our monthly presentation slides below. Thank you for reading.