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Source: The NHS Finance Function 2013 (HFMA/ FSD Network)1 Finance staff numbers as at the end of June 2013.2 Financial services includes administration and secretarial.3 The main accountancy qualifications held by NHS finance staff are those offered by CCAB member bodies and by CIMA. 4 The survey of NHS finance staff took place in September 2013.

THE NHS FINANCE FUNCTION 2013

T H E R E A R E

NHS FINANCE STAFF IN ENGLAND1

OVERALL AT DIRECTORLEVEL

15,730

IN THE NORTH

IN THE SOUTH

IN LONDON

IN MIDLANDS AND EAST 43%

16%

50%WORK IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ROLES

29%

21%

WORK IN FINANCIAL

ACCOUNTING ROLES

WORK IN FINANCIAL SERVICES2

ARE CCAB/CIMA

QUALIFIED OR STUDYING3

HAVE OTHER FINANCE QUALIFICATIONS RELEVANT TO THEIR ROLE

WORK IN COMMISSIONING ORGANISATIONS

NEARLY

3,000

5,153

3,508

2,600

4,469

ARE WOMEN62%

38% ARE MEN

ARE WOMEN27%

73% ARE MEN

MORE THAN

12,000WORK FOR PROVIDER TRUSTS

OF 900 FINANCE STAFF SURVEYED…4

THE AVERAGE JOB SATISFACTION LEVEL

WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE REST OF THEIR CAREER IN THE NHS.

FELT THEIR FINANCE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES VALUE TO THEIR ORGANISATION.

OF FINANCE STAFF CURRENTLY WORKING IN NHS TRUSTS OR FTs HAVE NEVER WORKED IN A COMMISSIONING ORGANISATION OR SHA.

6.810

80%

86%

66%

HAVE WORK EXPERIENCE FROM OUTSIDE THE NHS, PREDOMINANTLY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

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