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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Financial Ratio Analysis in Health and Social Care

HSC605 · Resource Management in Health and Social Care — Week 7 of 16

CourseHSC605
Week7 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Financial Ratio Analysis in Health and Social Care

  1. Liquidity and working capital ratios
  2. Profitability and operating surplus metrics
  3. Gearing and capital structure indicators
  4. Efficiency ratios and benchmark evaluation
  5. FINANCIAL RATIOS: How to Analyze Financial Statements
  6. Financial ratio analysis
  7. Capital Structure and Financial Ratios – Financial Gearing - ACCA Financial Management (FM)

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Explain the concept of key financial ratios for health and social care organisations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the concept of key financial ratios for health and social care organisations.

Study materials

Videos

  • FINANCIAL RATIOS: How to Analyze Financial Statements · YouTube · Accounting Stuff · 24 min · for registered students
  • Financial ratio analysis · YouTube · The Finance Storyteller · 10 min · for registered students
  • Capital Structure and Financial Ratios – Financial Gearing - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 27 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 6: Measures of Financial Health · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 175–200 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Financial Accounting, Lyryx 2023-A, ch. 12: Financial Statement Analysis · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 489–532 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 14.7: Analysing financial statements · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 492–495 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Human Resource Planning
  • Week 2: Determining and Managing Skills Requirements
  • Week 3: Recruitment Planning and Regulatory Compliance
  • Week 4: Selection Methods and Decision-Making
  • Week 5: Workforce Retention and Addressing Talent Deficits
  • Week 6: Financial Information and Managerial Decision-Making
  • Week 7: Financial Ratio Analysis in Health and Social Care
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Short-Term and Long-Term Capital Requirements
  • Week 10: Sources of Finance in the Care Sector
  • Week 11: Strategic Evaluation of Financial Sourcing
  • Week 12: Applying Resource Management in Health and Social Care in p…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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