Feature / HFMA top 10 online sessions 2023/24
As we close the books on another programme year, we have taken the opportunity to look back through the HFMA’s catalogue of online sessions to note our favourites. We have highlighted 10 sessions below that we think have particularly stood out, this could be due to the exceptional work presented in the session or the outstanding feedback received from the audience.
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Top 10
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Event: integrated care series 2023 – 4 February 2024
Nigel Foster, senior responsible officer – new Frimley Park Hospital project, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Sharon Boundy, director of transformation and digital, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Priya Kumar, GP partner and health inequalities lead, Kumar Medical Centre and transformational clinical lead for connected care programme, NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board
The speakers described the Frimley system’s Connected Care programme, which takes a proactive approach to care and enables residents to actively engage with their health. Two examples of this that were discussed in the session were remote monitoring of patients and the targeted provision of a health app.
‘I was blown away by the work being described here and felt it is something we should be pushing for all to do across the nation. It was extremely encouraging and inspiring.’
Population health management applied to service change
Event: webinar –23 February 2024
Hardev Virdee, group chief finance officer, Barts Health NHS Trust
The HFMA Finance Director of Year Award 2023 winner Hardev Virdee discussed why he believed he was nominated for, and won, the award. As part of this, he talked about his background touching on a fear of failure as well as feeling the need to change himself in order to achieve. Mr Virdee insisted he did not win the award because of his technical skills as a finance director, but because of his focus on creating good teams. This, he believed, enabled him to succeed at Barts Health NHS Trust and drive forward his passion of creating a more diverse healthcare finance profession.
Hardev Virdee, Finance Director of the Year 2023 award winner
Event: environmental sustainability in the health service 2023 – 12 October 2023
Dr Meenu Netke, consultant anaesthetist and clinical lead for sustainability, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Janet Smith, head of sustainability, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Environmental sustainability in the health service 2023 – Thursday 12 October 2023
The speakers shared the steps taken to minimise the carbon footprint of clinical services at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. The impressive scope of the work was possible due to the success of securing clinical and executive buy-in, as well as harnessing the passion of carbon champions across the organisation. Dr Netke and Ms Smith also talked about the financial savings that each of the discussed projects had resulted in.
‘Great to have a lot of examples that I can discuss with colleagues in my trust.’
Greening clinical services at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Event: integrated care series 2024 – 15 February 2024
Nicci Briggs, chief finance officer, NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board
This session focused on the work undertaken by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough integrated care system to exit special measures and then achieve a breakeven position in 2021/22. This was achieved by fostering a collaborative and transparent system approach to recovery. Reflecting on the work, Ms Briggs identified six keys to success, the primary one of which was building unified leadership as part of a unified system.
‘The most enlightening point from this webinar is the chief executive officers and chief finance officers within an ICS stand with each other and work together. It shows how much can be achieved through collaboration instead of competition.’
HFMA finance team of the year award winner 2023
Event: HFMA members' summer series, Day 3 – 23 June 2023
Jane Tomkinson OBE, chief executive officer, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
This insightful session touched upon the career path of Jane Tomkinson, whose journey took her from a trainee accountant working in local government to, at the time of the session, chief executive of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Ms Tomkinson reflected on the positive leadership she had experienced throughout her career and how this has influenced her own leadership style.
‘Very interesting!’
Career reflections and leadership
Event: Integrated care series – 13 February 2024
Shona Metcalfe, director of finance, NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
Ms Metcalfe spoke passionately about the need to prioritise environmental sustainability as a core priority within system working and the need for finance leadership to drive it forward. She shared examples of work in the South East and, specifically, in Kent and Medway integrated care system, including building considerations into business cases and post implementation reviews for accessing the impact of investments. She also was clear that, despite the challenges of day-to-day pressures, environmental sustainability must be maintained as a central focus in decision-making and strategy.
‘A very interesting and eye-opening presentation, great for raising awareness and seeing how sustainability can be built into our daily working lives and how to access funding.’
Prioritising environmental sustainability within integration
Event: HFMA members' summer series, Day 3 – 22 June 2023
Beccy Wardle, associate director for integrated care board partnerships, Rethink Mental Illness
The award winning Open Mental Health alliance was created as the cornerstone of Somerset integrated care system’s approach to the Community Mental Health Transformation initiative, of which they are an early implementer site. Ms Wardle discussed the process of setting up Open Mental Health and the principles that guided the structure and governance of the organisation, such as the ‘no wrong door’ policy, which provides greater flexibility for clinicians and workers within the system, and being co-produced from the outset with experts by experience.
‘My favourite session, excellent speaker explaining the inspiring work and how agencies can produce fantastic results by working together.’
Open Mental Health – a different way of working
Event: audit conference – Wednesday 21 March 2024
Paula Fagan, head of technology risk, MIAA
Catherine Watts, principal digital risk consultant, MIAA
The speakers presented an overview of MIAA's efforts to assess and comprehend the risks associated with new technologies. The emergence of technologies like AI presents significant opportunities for progress across various sectors, including the NHS. However, along with these opportunities come inherent risks.
‘Very, very full of information – it's always interesting to hear real life examples – what organisations were cyber-attacked, what impact it caused and other information re the digital and technology risks.’
Understanding new technology risks
Event: HFMA members' summer series, Day 2 – 21 June 2023
Ada Foreman, deputy director strategy programme and financial planning, NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
Ada discussed the findings, insights, and achievements of a programme in Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board that utilises a population health management strategy to enhance collaboration within the system and expedite healthcare delivery across various levels: system-wide, localities, neighbourhoods, and individual care recipients.
‘Really engaging session, thought provoking.’
Using data to drive improvement in population health
Event: Webinar – Friday 9 June 2023
Rob Unsworth, head of payment policy, NHS England
Sam Stringer, deputy head of mental health, NHS England
Stevan Cirkovic, programme manager, NHS England
During this webinar, the NHS England representatives gave a detailed update on the programme for creating a new model for mental health currencies, covering short- and long-term timelines. The new model aims to reduce clinical burden by using data from the mental health services data set to group patients, including diagnosis, reason for referral, team type, and various patient reported measures.
Developing mental health currencies that support system working
We have included some other sessions below that didn’t quite make the top 10 list, but are well worth taking a look at.
Exploring the wider considerations of audit committees
Event audit conference - 20 March 2024
Phil Jones, non-executive and audit committee chair, NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB, and North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Setting the scene – the financial sustainability challenge for the NHS across the UK and road to recovery
Financial sustainability – strength in numbers across the four nations – 18 May 2023
Richard Murray, chief executive, The King’s Fund
Preventing clinician burnout: could ambient voice technology (AVT) be key?
Event: delivering value with digital technology webinar – 1 March 2024
Rishi Das-Gupta, chief executive, Health Innovation Network (South London)
Exploring the digital literacy gap and how this is excluding patients from engaging with services
Event: delivering value with digital technology webinar – 14 March 2024
Bryony Evans, activation manager, The Good Things Foundation
Getting the most from integration and collaboration
Webinar – Friday 12 January 2024
Ross Millar, director of health services management centre, University of Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Charlotte Williams, chief strategy and improvement officer – senior responsible officer for health inequalities, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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