Issue 68

ACCA UK offers a diverse range of services that could help you meet your annual CPD requirements, as Ros Leah explains.

While members in the healthcare sector do not require a practising certificate to fulfil their full time duties, there may be occasions when you are required to hold one. Sundeep Takwani reminds members of ACCA’s regulations on this area.

As he stands down following ACCA’s Annual General Meeting on 17 May, President Dennis Yeates reviews his year in office with Seamus Ward.

Does paying more for healthcare equate to higher quality care? Sharon Cannaby reports on the findings of research into this conundrum by the US organisation PHC4.

PFI has played a central part in the development of the NHS’s present infrastructure. Glenn Richer looks at the next phase – including NHS LIFT and the community hospital initiative – and presents some lessons for the future.

John Flook explains why – despite concerns – there is confidence that a reliable and robust tariff system is achievable for specialist services and single specialty hospitals.

The future of the NHS will require more commercially and financially aware accountants. Michael Parker examines the role academic medical centres will play in this new world.

Programme budgeting has become a reality in the NHS. Dr Peter Brambleby explains how breaking your budget into manageable chunks can help you get information out to clinicians, the public and partners in a fresh way.

The ACCA qualification has changed. Amrit Saroya explains what impact this might have on you, your organisation or your trainees.

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