Course outline
Course summary
The indicative module content includes links between financial resources and service users; importance of accurate record keeping in relation to finance/resource management; interpreting costings - fixed, variable, direct, indirect and marginal; budgeting and managing a budget; payment by results/tariffs and links to service user information requirement; cost benefit analysis.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles and practices of budgeting and resource management and how this impacts upon and links to service user activity
- Critically reflect upon your role in relation to finance and resources
- Critically reflect upon how 'payments by results/tariffs' impacts on your organisation/department and demonstrate a critical understanding of the service user information requirements linked to this
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of business planning for quality improvement in relation to your role and service
- Demonstrate an understanding of costings and critically apply this to the cost benefits analysis process.
Indicative Core Bibliography
- Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accounting (2011) A brief guide to local Government finance for Councillors CIFPA, London
- Drury C (2004) Management and Cost Accounting 6th Ed., Thompson, London
- Dwyer J, Stanton P & Thiessen V (2004) Project Management in Health & Community Services: getting good ideas to work. Sage, London
- Healthcare Financial Management Association (2011) Introductory Guide to NHS Finance in the UK 10th Ed., HFMA, London
- NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement (2005) Improvement Learners' Guides - available at:
- http://www.institute.nhs.uk/building_capability/building_improvement_ capability/improvement_leaders%27_guides%3a_introduction.html
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Entry requirements
Entry Requirements
Evidence of prior successful study at underpinning level.
Selection criteria
To be eligible to study this module you should be able to apply it to your practice.