Welcome to the Conference: Peter Shanahan, Finance Director, NHS West Midlands and Chair, The CIPFA Health Finance Panel

• what is the CIPFA Health Panel’s current and forthcoming agenda and how is it helping to lead and support finance teams throughout the NHS?

Peter will hand over to the Conference Chair and Facilitator, David Walker, who will set the scene for the day, which will be focussed on implementing the Darzi vision, and introduce the panel of speakers.

Challenges for NHS Finance

• has the NHS turned the corner and established a pattern of healthy finances?
• the current scale and distribution of surpluses and deficits across NHS organisations, in terms of the numbers and types of organisations affected
• key messages for finance teams: challenges ahead, goals and objectives
• the role of finance in delivering the Darzi vision

Speaker: Bob Alexander, Director of Finance (NHS), Department of Health

King's Fund Perspective: NHS Policy Decisions To Support the Darzi Vision

• the case for an NHS constitution: lifting decision making out of the political arena once and for all?
• NHS democracy: improving local influence over commissioners, and strengthening accountability
• linking the vision to NHS funding and performance

Speaker: Anna Dixon, Acting Director of Policy, The King's Fund

Providers Delivering the Vision

• the role of this agency is managing and developing the performance of London’s health service providers – acute and mental health trusts, and The London Ambulance Service. How is it implementing this new approach to performance management?
• new ways to help trusts to deliver their obligations – how can some of these lessons and models be transferred to other parts of the country?

Speaker: Malcolm Stamp, Chief Executive, The London NHS Provider Development Agency

Challenges and Opportunities

• the Darzi challenge: How policy reforms pushed through now must learn the lessons of previous policy failures and ensure that real benefits for patients and staff are delivered
• the NHS challenge: what are the key challenges and what ought to be the major objectives for the future? Better feedback and measuring, supported by responsive rewards and the ability to make changes; improvements in primary care and community services; the NHS workforce and world class management; information systems that deliver

Speaker: David Stout, Director of PCT Network, NHS Confederation

Transforming Organisations: Did Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS? (in Rotherham)

• as a chief executive, what can you control and what is out of your direct control?
• achieving transformation: how can it be done – in the real world? And how has it impacted on Rotherham?

Speaker: Brian James, Chief Executive, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

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