Welcome to the Finance and Procurement Team Monthly Update page.
These team updates will usually cover the following topics:
- Department News
- HFMA
- Skills Development Network
- One NHS Finance
- Digital Improvement and Innovation
If you have anything to add, update or feedback on, please contact Alison Roebuck.
Click on the relevant month below to view.
Corporate Services changing to Trust Wide Support Services
To help design and future-proof the blueprint of our new operating model, the Trust sought expert guidance our clinical divisions were re-mapped to focus on the relationships with our patients and service, and to reflect the purpose and role of services previously aligned to Corporate Services, the division will now be referred to as Trust Wide Support Services. Continue reading on YourSpace.
Know Your Assignment Number
Absence Manager is live. Sickness absences must be reported by calling:
You will need to use your assignment number. This can be found on your payslip.
More details can be found on this page on Your Space
Absence manager :: YourSpace Mersey Care
Here is the link to the Your Brief page on the intranet for easy access.
Please click here
Please see attached document "Manager Resource Pack" which provides a summary position on some of the procedures and policies we use across the Finance and Procurement Department.
HFMA Publications for 2024
HFMA Publications for 2023
Please click here to open a document which has been produced to show all the HFMA Publications (with links) made available during 2023.
May 2024:
The All Staff meeting was held on Wednesday 15 May 2024 2-3pm via Teams and covered the following topics:
The slides from this session are available here.
The "Your Brief" Slides referenced are also available by clicking here and all Your Briefs can be found on this page: YourBrief :: YourSpace Mersey Care
April 2024:
The virtual all staff meeting for April has been stepped down due to work pressures for Year End.
March 2024:
All Staff Meeting due in March has been replaced by the Away Day which is to take place on 26 March 2024.
These are the slides that were made available from the day.
Incident Management and Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
We also have the following slides from Steve Head
Steve has also provided us with a list of recommended books to read
February 2024:
There was no All Staff meeting in February due to unavailability of proposed speakers and a number of staff on leave due to it being half-term
January 2024:
Please click this link for the slides that were produced for the All Staff Meeting via Teams on 17 January 2024.
Please click this link to see the Sustainability and the Trust Green Plan slides that were presented to us in the meeting by
Karl Fleetwood, Sustainability Manager, Jessica Brown, Senior Net Zero Consultant (Lexica) and Ripley Hill-Nixon, Lexica
Sustainability
The Trust has a forward thinking approach to sustainability, placing it at the core of decisions and healthcare services to help make real progress toward our net zero goals whilst serving our communities. This updated Green Plan aims to engage and challenge every member of the Trust, our partners, suppliers, and wider stakeholders to play their part and contribute their efforts in reducing our carbon emissions and adopting more sustainable behaviours.
Your Space also has the full Mersey Care Green Plan 2022-2025
December:
Please click this link for the slides that were produced for the All Staff Meeting at V7 on 11 December 2023.
The slides from Paul McGee (The SUMO Guy) are also available by following this link: SUMO
November:
Please click this link for the slides that were produced for the All Staff Teams Meeting on 15 November 2023.
Budget Setting was covered by Natasha Lee and the slides for this are available here.
You can also see the Wellbeing slides that were presented by Trisha Delves by clicking here.
October:
Please click this link to see the slides from the All Staff Teams meeting on 18 October 2023.
September:
Please click this link to see the slides from the All Staff Teams meeting on 20 September 2023.
Please click this link to see the slides from the All Staff Away Day on 26 September 2023 held at V7.
Lee Gough has also provided the slides for his talk on "My Life with ADHD" on 26 September. Please click this link to view them. My Life with ADHD.
August:
Please click this link to see the slides from the All Staff Teams meeting on 16 August 2023.
November 2023
Please see below slides that were presented at the FM Away day at V7 on Thursday 30 November 2023
Contact List for Finance and Procurement Department
This is a work in progess and is a contact list for all staff in the department to show which team they are in with details of general duties and which areas they support.
It was felt that due to the size of the department, it was beneficial to have this detail.
At the moment, contact details don't include phone numbers or preferred means of contact, although does contains email addresses.
Please have a look and if any of the detail needs amending, please contact Alison Roebuck and it will be updated.
