Finance

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Finance

WHERE OUR MONEY COMES FROM

Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board is the main commissioner of our services. Most of our services are funded under block contracts, however purchasing within the NHS is changing quickly - especially with the development of structures such as any qualified provider (AQP) and payment by results. Healthcare is becoming a much more competitive market environment.

The document store below gives links to further information about our finances. This includes our budget reports, which are discussed at our regular meetings of the Board of Directors and our Annual Report and Accounts, which describe how we use our funding to develop and deliver our services.

ABOUT OUR FINANCES

Spend over £25,000

In the document store below, you will find lists of all Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) transactions spending over £25,000, as part of the Government's commitment to transparency in public expenditure. 

Procurement and tenders

NHFT uses the DELTA eSourcing portal. This enables suppliers to bid for a wide range of goods and services we have published and will apply to all procurement processes irrespective of the value. If you wish to tender or quote for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS FOundation Trust contracts in the future, you are required to register an account on the DELTA eSourcing portal. Please note that there is no cost to register on the portal.

You can access and register at DELTA eSourcing directly with this link.

Overseas patients

If you are visiting the UK (and live outside the European Economic Area) you need to make sure you are covered for healthcare through personal medical or travel insurance for the whole time of your visit. To find out more about healthcare for overseas patients please visit To find out more about healthcare for overseas patients please click here to visit the NHS website

Anti-fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering and economic crimes statement

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to eliminating fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering and other economic crimes within the NHS, protecting public resources for health and care. 

Fraud is an act of deception that is intended to make a financial gain or to cause a loss to another party. Bribery is generally defined as the giving or receiving of a financial or other advantage in exchange for improperly performing a relevant function or activity.

The Trust employs a specialist counter-fraud service to provide a comprehensive programme against fraud, bribery and corruption which is overseen by the Trust's Chief Finance Officer, Senior Finance Management and the Audit Committee.

The Trust has a zero-tolerance approach to fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering and other economic crimes and is committed to applying the highest standards of ethical conduct and behaviour, as well as having robust controls in place to prevent these. As well as staff, the Trust also expects its suppliers and contractors to adhere to the same high standards.

Our dedicated policies and procedures set out our expectations and guidance for staff, contractors and anyone else working with or for the Trust with regards to preventing fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering and other economic crimes and raising concerns. 

We ask all who have dealings with the Trust, as employees, agency staff, trading partners (contractors/suppliers), stakeholders and patients, to help us in our fight against fraud, bribery and corruption and to contact us immediately if any concerns arise. No individual will suffer any detrimental treatment as a result of reporting reasonably held suspicions. The success of the Trust's anti-fraud, bribery and corruption measures depends on everyone playing their part.

The Trust contracts TIAA Ltd to provide its counter fraud service and you can contact our Counter Fraud Specialist, Arti Scott, Anti-Crime Manager in confidence:

All genuine suspicions of fraud, bribery, corruption, money laundering or other economic crimes can also be reported in confidence to the NHS Fraud and Corruption Reporting Line on free phone 0800 028 40 60 or at cfa.nhs.uk/report-fraud

Paul Sheldon, Chief Finance Officer