The HFMA Costing Conference 2026 brings together NHS finance and costing professionals for a dedicated day focused on current developments, practical challenges, and emerging priorities within patient‑level costing.
The conference provides a forum for discussion and shared learning across NHS finance, costing, procurement, and operational teams, with sessions covering both national direction and trust‑level practice.
About the Conference
Date: 22 April 2026
Location: London Park Plaza Victoria
The programme includes a range of sessions addressing the latest developments in NHS costing, including national policy updates, benchmarking insights, practical case studies, and interactive workshops.
Key topics include:
- National updates on the role of costing in NHS decision making
- Health expenditure benchmarking and use of National Cost Collection data
- Trust‑level approaches to improving productivity using patient‑level costing
- Strengthening costing in mental health and community health services
- Using patient‑level cost data to assess the value of new technologies, including robotic surgery
LOGEX Panel Session: Making Costing Work Across the NHS
As part of the conference programme, a panel discussion will take place in the final session of the day, focusing on current challenges and practical approaches to strengthening costing practice across the NHS.
Session: Making Costing Work: Transforming Practice Across the NHS
Time: 15:00–15:40
The discussion will be facilitated by Marc Bijoux, Director of Consulting and Services at LOGEX, and will focus on real‑world experience, change management, and peer‑to‑peer learning within NHS costing teams.
Themes explored during the session include:
- Experiences with EVO and wider costing transformation initiatives
- Managing change within NHS costing teams
- Current challenges and emerging trends across NHS costing and finance
Panel speakers:
- Kieran Traynier, Head of Costing, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Phil Lillywhite, Head of Costing, Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- Paula Jones Calkin, Costing and Performance Accountant, The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The panel brings together professionals with experience across a range of trust types and care settings, offering perspectives grounded in day‑to‑day costing practice.
Register
Registration for the HFMA Costing Conference 2026 is now open.
Further details and the registration link are available via the link below.
