The NEP annual conference
The NEP Annual Conference runs across two days, Thursday 17 and Friday 18 September 2026. It’s an exclusive event for NEP consortium members (NHS finance and procurement).
Expect expert-led sessions and workshops during the day, exhibitor stands to browse between them, and breaks for networking. The evening entertainment has a reputation, too. NEP’s own delegate feedback has people comparing one year against the next and struggling to pick a winner.
NHS finance teams are carrying a lot into this September. Counter fraud duties under ECCTA. Payment compliance notice reporting. Budget pressure where savings need to be cash-releasing rather than reinvested. Fragmented legacy systems. These will shape the conversations and topics at the event.
Talk to the FISCAL team on our stand
FISCAL is proud to be an NEP partner, where our software sits alongside NEP Cloud. You’ll find our team on the FISCAL stand across both days – don’t forget to pick up the latest executive brief and take part in our exclusive prize draw for a luxury hamper.
Talk to us about:
- Finding duplicate payments and invoice fraud across NHS ledgers, before the pay run.
- Meeting counter fraud and ECCTA obligations with audit trails your auditors will accept.
- Supplier risk, sanctions and credit monitoring across a large and complicated supplier file.
- Automated supplier statement reconciliation, and recovering the credits and overpayments it surfaces.
- Payment compliance notice reporting.
- Where AI genuinely helps an NHS finance function.
We’re looking forward to seeing you there.
Don’t miss our session
Title: The 2026/27 rules that change everything: Digital spend protection for every NHS Trust
When: 13:15
Where: Racecourse 1
Delivered by: Chris Reed, FISCAL Head of Product
We’ll cover: Key areas of spend protection. Why money slips through the net, real benchmarks to help you understand where your organisation sits, where oversight and control can be strengthened, and how.
Key details
Dates: Thursday 17 and Friday 18 September 2026
Venue: The Grand Hotel, High Gosforth Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5HN
Who can attend: NEP consortium members
About NEP
NEP, the National ERP Provider Shared System Group, is an NHS-run shared service hosted by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. It delivers NEP Cloud, a cloud-based finance and procurement platform, to a consortium of NHS organisations across purchase to pay, order to cash, accounting to reporting and NEP Reach reporting.
FISCAL has been a NEP partner for several years, working with the consortium to help member trusts protect their spend.







