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Supporting People: The Essential Guide for Finance Practitioners (Fully Revised Fifth Edition 2008)

CIPFA's Supporting People guide provides comprehensive finance coverage of this important and constantly changing programme. Written by independent consultant and former City of Westminster Finance Director, Paul Cook, this major revision for 2008 embraces:

• Further steps towards incorporating Supporting People in local area agreements
• CLG's national strategy for Supporting People
• The funding settlement for 2008-09 following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007
• The new Supporting People Distribution Formula analysed in detail
• New chapter on Supporting People services with financial management pointers
• Guidance on the grant conditions for 2008-09
• Working with the Third Sector
• Revised Supporting People key lines of enquiry and the future of inspection arrangements
• Supporting People in Wales.

Expert financial management of this programme is at a premium, as councils use the programme to help vulnerable clients. This new edition of CIPFA's guide is, therefore, required reading on this complex area. It provides a step-by-step guide to the financial elements of Supporting People.

Achieving Transformational Change – Reform, Efficiency and Lean Thinking in the NHS: A Comprehensive Guide to Success...(2007)

...for Board Members, Senior Managers and Practitioners

How do you reform healthcare and save money at the same time? How do you ensure value for money throughout the organisation? How should changes to frontline systems be developed and what should the changes be?

Each of these questions and a whole lot more are covered in this CIPFA Health Panel publication.

Children's Trusts: The Essential Financial Management Companion (2006)

This guide from CIPFA provides comprehensive finance coverage of this important and challenging new development.

The guide is aimed at keeping trust managers and finance leads in command of their finances whilst enabling them to plan ahead strategically for the full roll-out of children's trusts by 2008.

It is written by independent consultant and former City of Westminster Finance Director, Paul Cook for CIPFA's Local Authority Education Panel, and is supported by the Department for Education and Skills.

This title is an invaluable tool for all those involved in practice based commissioning (PBC).

It will be of particular benefit to executives and non-executives at primary care trusts, professional executive committee (PEC) members, PBC leads, project managers and finance managers. Equally, the publication will be of great use to practice based commissioners – both practitioners and practice business managers.

This comprehensive guide provides practical advice on the issues that need to be dealt with and the sub-systems of the NHS that need to adapt in order to facilitate successful PBC. It identifies what needs to be considered in designing, implementing and maintaining local systems and provides guidance on the foundations that need to be laid for the further evolution and growth of PBC.

This publication on the financing of long term health conditions addresses two important needs:

First and foremost, it offers NHS finance professionals, service managers, commissioners and others a solid grounding in the financial importance, concepts and practice of modern chronic disease management. It includes: an introduction to chronic care and the linked concepts of case management and supported self-care; an overview of experience to date, including a range of case studies; and a survey of tools and techniques that support good chronic disease management, covering modern technology, end of life care, and policy initiatives such as expert patient programmes and the GMS contract.

In addition, it provides an independent professional commentary on key financial and accounting issues arising from the NHS's new focus on long term illness, and practical signposts through some of the associated dilemmas. Principal areas covered include the business case for chronic care, the implications for acute hospitals, and how chronic disease management can be squared with payment by results.

Delayed Discharges - A Practical Guide to the Financial Implications (2005)

This concise all-in-one guide is essential reading for finance and service professionals operating within social services, the NHS acute sector and primary care trusts. This no-nonsense publication takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the reimbursement legislation focusing on both health and social care responsibilities, the legal requirements and the potential risk areas for all concerned.

The guide covers all the key areas including implementing local protocols, the use of pooled budgets, dealing with disputes and making the most of the reimbursement grant, highlighting both good practice and potential areas of concern.

The Panel's Back Catalogue
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Financial Control and Budgeting for NHS Partnerships: A Practical Guide

Payment by Results: New Financial Flows in the NHS in England

The Role of the Finance Director in Primary Care Trusts