Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

12 December 2005

The Finance Department at Dorset HealthCare has achieved a global first with its latest accreditation as a CIMA Development Partner.

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has introduced a new employer accreditation scheme whereby the professional development processes of an organisation can be validated as meeting the Institute’s quality standards. Dorset HealthCare is the first organisation in the world to have undergone this accreditation and met the required standard.

Stuart Wayment, Deputy Director of Finance and Finance Staff development lead for the Trust, said,

“At Dorset HealthCare we are committed to the learning and development of all our staff and we recognise that to deliver the highest standards of clinical care, we need well developed and trained staff in support functions.  This latest accreditation is recognition that our development practices meet the needs of our staff which will enable them to maintain and develop their skills to meet those required for a career in NHS finance.”

Robert Jelly, Director of Education, CIMA, announcing their success, said,

“This is a great achievement for Dorset Healthcare and is testimony to CIMA's growing significance in not only training finance staff in the NHS but also in their life long career development.  We look forward to many more organisations across all sectors joining the CIMA Development scheme.”

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For further information, please contact:

Steven Hilton
Press Officer, CIMA
+44 (0) 20 8849 2427
steven.hilton@cimaglobal.com

Nickie Davies
PR Department, DHCT
+44 (0) 1202 492 154
nickie.davies@dorsethc-tr.swest.nhs.uk

Notes to editors

1. CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) is the only international accountancy body with a sole focus on business.  It is a world leading professional institute that offers an internationally recognised qualification in management accountancy, focusing on accounting in business, in both the private and public sectors. It is the fastest growing UK based accountancy body, in terms of members, in both the UK and worldwide and is the voice of over 85,000 students and 65,000 members in 158 countries.  CIMA is responsible for the education and training of management accountants who work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit and has more members in the public sector than any other UK based body.  CIMA prides itself on the commercial relevance of its syllabus, which is in tune with the activities of high performance organisations, and evolves continually to reflect the latest developments in global business.  It is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy.  For more information about CIMA, please visit http://www.cimaglobal.com/
2. Dorset HealthCare NHS Trust is a specialist NHS Trust providing Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Brain Injury services for over 500,000 people in East Dorset and specialist services Dorset-wide.  The Trust employs 1,700 staff in and around the south coast resort of Bournemouth and seeks to be an ‘employer of choice’. For more information please visit, http://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/

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