The East of England Finance Academy has been established to help deliver the national One NHS Finance vision at local level.  Chaired by the Regional Director of Finance, the East of England One NHS Finance Academy Board meets approximately bi-monthly with representatives from our local systems.  The Board is responsible for overseeing locally tailored programmes and initiatives to ensure delivery of the NHS Finance Development strategy in the East of England.

The vision of the East of England Finance Academy is to: ‘Develop and support the delivery of an excellent and diverse education, training and talent management programme for NHS Finance teams in the East of England, which is fair and accessible to all.’  

Building on the work to date, the Board has refreshed its aims for 2026 as set out below:

• To develop all of our people and be proud to nurture talent
• To promote finance in the public sector by making NHS finance an employer of choice
• To adopt and share the latest innovations and enhancements in technology (including digital and AI), aiming to be at the leading edge
• To assist our finance teams to improve understanding, identify and implement opportunities and access training to support the NHS environmental sustainability aims
• To maintain equality, diversity and inclusion during a time of significant organisational change and aim to improve diversity in the future.
• To increase networking, sharing and collaboration opportunities to support effective systems
• To support our organisations and line managers in looking after the wellbeing of staff by promoting best practice and helping develop great places to work

These aims have been further developed, with priorities for delivery identified under each aim. You can download our aims and latest priorities using the link on this page – over the next year we will be working on delivering these objectives as the National One NHS Finance strategy is refreshed.

The Academy works closely with East of England Skills Development Network (SDN) and the HFMA Eastern Branch to support Finance staff in our area, delivering a range of development opportunities including our regional finance conference, a suite of technical and skills training and lunch and learn events.  Together with the national One NHS Finance team, we aim to develop and provide a core finance curriculum to ensure access to the technical skills, personal competencies and behavioural characteristics needed at the different stages in people’s careers.

For more information please contact lead Jane Payling, East of England Academy Director jane.payling@eastamb.nhs.uk.  Or Lizzie Robson, East of England Skills Development Network email: Elizabeth.Robson@eastamb.nhs.uk.

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