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Publications

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LG057Councillors' Guide to Local Government Finance (Fully Revised Edition 2009)
Edited by Anna Capaldi, Rita Hale & Associates Limited

This fully revised and reformatted Councillors’ Guide reflects the constantly changing nature of local government finance.

The 12 months since the 2008 guide has been a time of unprecedented turbulence, flowing in the main from the international banking crisis. Authorities have risen to the challenge and there have been a range of initiatives, aimed at tackling the problems wrought by the fall-out from the credit crunch and the looming recession.

The updated guide provides a sound introduction to local government finance for newly elected members and latest information on current issues for experienced councillors.

Further details about the guide can be found on the CIPFA shop.

LG059Councillors' Guide to Local Government Finance - DVD Video Resource (2009)

The essential new training resource for councillors – featuring experienced councillors explaining finance in simple terms for fellow councillors

The past 12 months have been especially challenging for local government finance and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Now more than ever councillors, both experienced and newly elected, need to be fully briefed and up to speed on all the issues facing local government finance and to enable authorities to act efficiently and effectively in this testing financial climate.

This new DVD from CIPFA will help councillors to continue to rise to the challenge of the times and to keep our local authorities on track to deliver financial security.

Further details about the guide can be found on the CIPFA shop.

HE017Pooled Budgets: A Practical Guide for Local Authorities and the National Health Service (Fully Revised Second Edition 2009)

This new edition of Pooled Budgets, published jointly by CIPFA and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), updates and expands the original guidance, and features a useful summary of the various legislative changes since 2001 and related changes in terminology. It also provides a précis of the alternatives to formal pooling, many of them simpler and administratively more economical, which are proving attractive as resources grow ever tighter.

Further details about the guide can be found on the CIPFA shop.

HE019An Introductory Guide to Children’s Social Care Finance in England (2009)

This new guide builds on the foundation of CIPFA’s earlier guide An Introductory Guide to Social Services Finance (Fully Revised Second Edition). It should contribute to an improved understanding of children’s social care financial issues. It is intended to provide an introduction to the subject and is written with a wide audience in mind.

Further details about the guide can be found on the CIPFA shop.

HE018Local Area Agreements: A Good Practice Guide for Local Government and NHS Finance Practitioners (2009)
Joint working in the public sector has never been so defined as with local area agreements (LAAs). But what are they and how can you make the best of them?

Whether you are a local authority, a primary care trust, a police authority, a development agency or any other partner body, you need to know the answers to these questions.

Further details about the guide can be found on the CIPFA shop.

Supporting People: The Essential Guide for Finance PractitionersSupporting 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:

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.

Direct Payments and Individual Budgets: Managing the FinancesDirect Payments and Individual Budgets: Managing the Finances (2007)

This timely publication from CIPFA’s expert Social Care Panel is fully supported by the Department of Health and in Control.

It is an essentially practical guide and addresses the emerging environment and provides some early advice to local authorities that wish to tackle the challenging financial issues involved in extending direct payments, or developing individual budgets or in Control schemes. It provides guidance on both direct payments and individual budgets and widely updates CIPFA’s Community Care Direct Payments: Accounting and Financial Management Guidelines.

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Achieving Transformational ChangeAchieving 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 TrustsChildren's Trusts: The Essential Financial Management Companion (2006)

This timely 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.

Delayed DischargesDelayed 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.

Introductory Guide to Social Services FinanceAn Introductory Guide to Social Services Finance (Fully Revised Second Edition) (2004)

This guide, first published in 1999, has now been completely updated to encompass the substantial body of new legislation implemented in the last five years affecting the delivery of social care. This includes, amongst many others, the Health Act 1999, Health and Social Care Act 2001, Adoption and Children Act 2002, Children Leaving Care Act 2000, Local Government Acts 1999 to 2003, Care Standards Act 2000 and the Children Bill 2004.

Topics covered in detail include: