Practical budget management is at the core of this book. As well as giving an insight into the way budgets behave in certain circumstances and what can be done about it, the book also deals with practical steps the budget and resource manager can take to eliminate waste and reduce opportunities for fraud and collusion.
The book is third in a trilogy which provides practical solutions to the complex problems of resource, financial and budget management in health and social care.
Managing in Health and Social Care: essential checklists for frontline staff is about process quality in financial and business management. It concentrates on doing the right thing, first time, every time.
* The budget management context
* External pressures and the efficacy of reporting an overspending
* Waste watch: fraud and corruption
* Waste watch: reducing other losses
* What is a budget?
* Profiling and managing budgets
* How budget management should work
* Tactical intervention
* Prioritising and planning strategic intervention
* Budget plan implementation
