Details

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Finance workstream

Objectives

• Working with NHSE London Region contracting team to align seven regional associate contracts to SEL and SWL led host arrangements
• Planning and safe transition to ICB allocation on ledger
• Testing of accounting, cashflow and other national SOPs.
• Testing attribution of financial flows to populations
• Development of specialised finance matrix team approach (ICB and hub)
• Aligning finance and contracting approaches
• Risk management – including understanding impact of allocation formula change
• Preparing ground for transformation opportunities (including whole pathway costing)
• In depth work across NHSE, ICBs and providers to test comparability of service line reporting and costing (‘like for like’) – feedback to NHSE re impact on rebasing
• Preparation for and management of impact of EPIC implementation in three tertiary trusts in 23/24
• Development of lessons learned document to inform 24/25 planning across regions and ICBs

Success criteria

• A low transactional cost system
• A system with high levels of accuracy and timeliness
• A process in which partners (providers, ICBs, regions, national team) feel engaged and recognise the final proposals for 24/25

Terms of reference

Download the Finance workstream terms of reference.