Briefing / NHS finance function census 2011

This is the second NHS finance function census. The first, in 2009, was developed as part of the HFMA’s ‘world class finance’ initiative. It built on earlier work by NHS Finance Skills Development, but provided a more comprehensive view of the English finance function, both in terms of breadth and granularity.

The 2009 census was the first occasion on which the NHS finance function had been analysed to show levels of seniority (measured by Agenda for Change pay bands). This report is based on new census data, collected
in 2011. The 2011 census gathered staff data as at 30 June 2011.