NEC AdviseInc at HFMA annual conference 2026

The NEC AdviseInc team will be returning to the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) annual conference at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole from 9-11 December, joining NHS finance professionals from across the UK. 

NHS finance teams are being asked to do more than balance the books. The challenge is increasingly how to improve productivity, demonstrate value and ensure limited resources are directed towards the interventions that deliver the greatest benefit for patients. 

Those questions run throughout this year’s HFMA Annual Conference, with the programme exploring everything from financial sustainability and NHS transformation to procurement, digital innovation and new approaches to measuring value. They also sit at the heart of the work we are doing at NEC AdviseInc, making this year’s conference particularly timely. 

Snapshot session: Value-based healthcare and procurement 

As the NHS advances value-based healthcare and procurement, organisations are being challenged to look beyond cost and activity measures to understand, measure and apply value in decision-making. 

In this snapshot session, Edd Caton, Head of NEC AdviseInc, will explore the key principles of value-based decision-making, including outcomes measurement, evidence, data, transparency and organisational incentives. 

Drawing on work with NHS Wales and the National Joint Registry, the session will demonstrate how stronger evidence can help organisations identify variation, challenge assumptions and make better decisions about allocating limited healthcare resources. 

Date: 10 December 2026 

Location: The Palace suite, Hilton Birmingham Metropole  

Meet the NEC AdviseInc team 

Throughout the conference our team will be exhibiting at stand F4. Come and meet us to find out how NEC AdviseInc can help NHS organisations get more from their spend and procurement data. 

We’ll also have copies of our white paper, Value-Based Healthcare: Time to Deliver, available to take away, exploring many of the themes Edd and Derek will discuss during their snapshot session.   

If you’d like to arrange a conversation with the team ahead of the conference, complete the contact form below and we’ll find a convenient time to meet you.  

We look forward to seeing you in Birmingham this December.  

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