HFMAtalk HFMA

In this episode, Lisa Robertson, senior policy manager at the HFMA speaks with Paul Dillon Robinson, non-executive director at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Louise Cobain, assurance director at MIAA, about the HFMA's recently rewritten audit committee handbook. They discuss the key updates and topics covered, how it is of value to committee members and finance colleagues, and the role of the audit committee more generally. 

The handbook is openly available, and all NHS organisations can claim printed copies of it for free. 


Access the digital copy here.

Claim your free printed copies here.

In this episode, the HFMA’s Debbie Paterson, senior technical manager, and Lisa Robertson, senior policy manager, discuss the 2023/24 financial year-end process.

They outline what issues finance teams need to consider regarding the preparation and audit of the annual report and accounts and highlight the different HFMA resources available to support finance colleagues through the process. You can access the HFMA resources here.

In this episode, Mark Orchard spoke with Simon Worthington, director of finance at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. They discussed Simon's impressive career, as well as his key contributions to NHS finance including his work on the aligned incentive contract, working day one reporting and finance team development. You can expect to get valuable insights and learnings from Simon as he shares his experiences in this engaging conversation.

In this latest episode, Lisa Robertson catches up with Caroline Clarke, NHS England’s London regional director, and Lizzie Smith, joint NHS England London Director or Workforce, Education and Training. Reflecting on their recent visits to health systems in New York and Chicago. They share their experience and insights and thank all those in the US who were so generous with their time.


You can read the accompanying briefing, "The New York health system" ⁠here.⁠

For this edition of the podcast, HFMA senior policy manager Farida Khawaja caught up with the winners of the 2022 HFMA Finance Team of the Year award, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICS Finance Team. Paul Brown (CFO), Martin Richards (head of programme finance for primary care) and Catherine Hope (operational business partner), reflect on their journey as a system, how they achieved a collaborative working approach and tips for writing an award winning entry.

For this edition of the podcast, Farida Khawaja caught up with Gerald Enuezie of Barts Health NHS Trust who were short-listed in HFMA's 2022 national costing award. Gerald shares the journey that finance and clinical teams have been on together to develop interactive dashboards, demonstrating the result of fantastic collaboration between the two teams.