How can finance help make neighbourhood health a reality? The HFMA recently gathered senior finance leaders, with support from Newton, to explore the opportunities, challenges and emerging practice for neighbourhood health services in England. See key themes here: buff.ly/NqaIYox

Your nominations matter! In 2024, Su Rollason was named Finance Director of the Year for outstanding leadership and strengthening finances to improve healthcare. 12 more categories are open - who will you be nominating? Start here: buff.ly/QqwPVxp

📣 HFMA update: Burnham brings the Casey review forward as the government prioritises social care. PM Andy Burnham says the review will be published a year early, and the government has pledged to create a National Care Service. Read the full story here: buff.ly/lV7fkL5 #SocialCare

🌞 Summer holidays are here, but your learning doesn't have to stop. Revisit sessions you missed or try something new. Whether returning to a past event or discovering one for the first time, there's plenty to explore before our events resume in September. Browse past events: buff.ly/vGzqtmW

You asked, and we listened! From the HFMA member survey 2025 you said you wanted micro-learning, so we launched AI in the NHS, the first HFMA Skillsboost course. Takes 10 minutes and these bite-sized sessions are designed to fit your busy roles! Get started today: buff.ly/NR9LyVf

🏆 Know someone whose work deserves recognition? HFMA Awards 2026 are open! Celebrate a brilliant colleague, team or project shaping healthcare finance. Watch our short video for entry tips - who will you nominate? buff.ly/TZo1o8M

Govt calls for a left shift and more digital care — how must the NHS estate evolve? Our HFMA roundtable with Darwin Group brought finance and estates leaders together to discuss flexible spaces, smarter investment and practical hurdles. Read the full report: buff.ly/SHOH219

It's Pride month 🏳️‍🌈 We’re celebrating LGBTQIA+ colleagues and promoting inclusive NHS workplaces where everyone feels respected and can thrive. View this helpful guide from NHS Employers’ on supporting your LGBTQ+ workforce: buff.ly/mgUmTGq

The HFMA members' summer series 2026 is just under a month away! Have you booked your place yet? Find the full programme and book your place here: buff.ly/cAZOoQn

📣 HFMA news alerts - keeping you better informed! News alerts are circulated every week with HFMA members, and they can also be accessed on the HFMA website: buff.ly/eLRZzHh

The HFMA pocket guide to NHS finance – updated for April 2026! Designed for finance staff, clinicians, managers and board members, this guide provides a simple and accessible overview of NHS finance. Find out more: buff.ly/Jx4VydT

Step into your senior role with confidence. Get 50% off HFMA membership for your first two years if you’re newly qualified or in a band 7+ role. Join now with code Member50OFF: buff.ly/X8q0guu

Discount available! We’re offering half‑price HFMA membership for two years to newly qualified and band 7+ professionals. Join with code Member50off to get 50% off your first two years. Discover more: buff.ly/ePoePuA

April events are here! ➡️ We’ve got a range of events taking place this month — from costing and career development sessions to opportunities to hear and learn from colleagues across the system. View all of our upcoming events here: buff.ly/1HEIcw8

Join us in Birmingham for the NHS finance event of the year! The HFMA annual conference is taking place at a new venue this year – Hilton Birmingham Metropole – on 9–11 December and there's a 15% decrease on 2025 early booker rates. Book your place now: buff.ly/TPJw2op

📣 Last chance to book onto the Audit committee conference 2026. This two-part online event is designed for audit committee chairs and members, and anyone involved with NHS auditing. Book your place and view the full programme here: buff.ly/6BckWwf

This is your last chance to book your place for this event taking place tomorrow afternoon! Discover the latest updates in payment guidance, contract terms, and clinical codes, plus practical tips for your team. Kindly sponsored by LOGEX. Register your place here: buff.ly/5wrNw6P

Navigating 2026/27: What every NHS income team needs to know

Income teams face significant changes in 2026/27.

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This briefing investigates the reasons for creating NHS shared service arrangements as an alternative to outsourcing. It reviews the current extent of shared service provision, the determinants of scale, and examples of whether a shared service implementation is likely to succeed: buff.ly/E10UEZI

International Women’s Day is on 8 March. At the HFMA, we’re proud to work with so many talented women and to support the continued growth of women in healthcare finance. To celebrate, we’d love to highlight our 2025 HFMA Award winners!🌟

As we head into March, NHS finance teams will be focusing more on the financial year-end. To help you navigate the process, we are producing technical guides, checklists, explainers for non-finance colleagues, and podcast episodes on some of the key aspects of the year-end. 🔗 buff.ly/pG9aIAl

New HFMAtalk episode! Ben Sherriff from Deloitte dives into auditor insights from the recent planning cycle. Discover auditor focal points, emerging trends, and crucial in-year updates as finance teams gear up for year-end. Listen to the episode here: podfollow.com/hfmatalk/view

As sustainability reporting becomes a regular part of NHS accountability, the 2025/26 updates expand the finance teams' roles. Our new HFMA briefing explains these changes and offers practical steps to prepare. Read here: buff.ly/FCaD9jM

NHS England has written to all trust, integrated care board (ICB) and regional senior managers to warn that a ‘significant disruption’ has emerged in relation to the supply of bone cement products. Full story (HFMA members only) buff.ly/qOPPxxm

NHS finance news: The government is making changes to the Better Care Fund in 2026/27 to support its vision of establishing a neighbourhood health service. Full story for HFMA members:

Better Care Fund faces changes as part of reform process

The government is making changes to the Better Care Fund (BCF) in 2026/27 to support its vision of establishing a neighbourhood health service.

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Did you know: prescribing accounts for 10% of healthcare spend? This new HFMA briefing explores the role of leadership, systems and processes that need to be in place and to engage with clinical colleagues to effectively manage medicines expenditure. Read here: buff.ly/uMUWvaL

At last week's winter leadership forum, Siva Anandaciva, director of policy, events and partnerships at The King's Fund spoke about the 2026 NHS landscape and what this means for finance leaders. Afterwards we asked him what messages he would have for finance leaders. Here's what he had to say.

📆 Save the date: the second forum of the HFMA's newly established CEO Network is scheduled for 3 June 2026. The event is free to attend, and will be chaired by Professor Andy Hardy, CEO of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Please share with CEO colleagues: buff.ly/4LN9f10

NHS finance news🗞️ Adjusting tariffs to incentivise outpatient care over inpatient care can help to shift activity into different settings, which could support the shift of care from hospitals and into the community, a report has found. Full story (HFMA members only):

Financial incentives could assist shift to community care

Adjusting tariffs to incentivise outpatient care over inpatient care can help to shift activity into different settings.

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Across December's HFMA annual conference, we spoke to speakers, delegates, and HFMA colleagues to distil some of the recurring themes and highlights from the event. These have been produced as part of three-part miniseries of the HFMAtalk podcast. Listen to the miniseries: buff.ly/wWDxvxl

The final episode from the HFMAtalk podcast annual conference mini series is now available. Steve Brown, editor of Healthcare Finance magazine, breaks down the key points from Elizabeth O’Mahoney’s session where she outlined her immediate priorities for the NHS finance function: buff.ly/KMkv50F