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As part of International Women's Day we asked members of our networks how they #ChooseToChallenge, take a look at how finance colleagues in London answered below.

FFF is proud to share #ChooseToChallenge pledges, as part of International Women's Day 2021, from NHS finance staff - female, male and non-binary, who are showing their commitment to challenge inequality and biases, question

Did you know that you can study ACA from ICAEW to become a Chartered Accountant within the NHS? There are 30 NHS entities right across UK that are set up to offer this (and more being added each year). 

Since September 2020, colleagues working at every level across the NHS finance community have come together to raise awareness of challenges and issues facing the function, discussing innovative solutions and ideas; all for one aim – to improve the future of our function by bringing us together as One NHS Finance. 

Well done to all whose recieved awards at the Eastern Branch conference:

We are delighted that with a number of willing volunteers, we have established a new Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) network that aims to support equality, diversity, and inclusion in NHS finance. Read more about the network and Ambassador role

To celebrate LGBT History Month, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's Finance Department led the way by becoming a Rainbow Badge Department!

I had seen the apprenticeship programme advertised and because of my age I didn't think I would be eligible. During my appraisal I asked my line manager and he went away to check it out. There were no age criteria so I applied through my training manager and was accepted within a couple of weeks.

In the past recording Continued Professional Development (CPD) has been seen as a very time consuming and tedious exercise, normally with one member of the team spending days chasing for the forms only for them to be filed away and never looked at again.

*Does your finance team struggle dealing with the very antiquated method of paying doctors for doing Section 12 mental health assessments?  Are patients in crisis getting the best care in your area? *