The Effective Business Case

A fundamental component of both finance and the business of health in general is the creation of effective business cases to support activity, investment, strategy and purchasing decisions. It’s a role that every consultant or clinical leader is called upon to undertake from time to time. Creating an effective business case has a big impact on your service. A good one can lead to the right resources and a poor one can continually be passed over in favour of better presented projects. The development of skills in this arena can have a massive impact on the success of your service and your achievement as an individual.

All participants in this half-day programme will receive a free DVD of the proceedings.

• Create compelling business plans with greater ease
• Improve the chances of a business plan being successful
• Discover how to optimise your chances of success
• Learn how to unstick business plans that are stuck in the process of approval
• Develop the skills and insight necessary to create highly effectively business plans
   

The Science of Business Planning

• Understanding the process and components
• Building a compelling case of need
• Looking for opportunities to develop
• Conducting an options appraisal
• Understanding the concepts of ‘do nothing’ and ‘do the minimum’
• Utilising Clinical Governance and other leverage
• Aligning the business plan with both business and clinical need
• Assessing risk – financial and non-financial
• The well-structured report
• Examples of good and poor plans
• The fundamentals of successful business plans

The Art of Business Planning

• Strategic moves – setting up your business plan to succeed
• Influencing principles applied to business planning
• Effective writing to improve the chances of success
• The psychology of successful business planning
• Understanding the games Trusts play and strategies to deal with them
• Leading consensus
• Ensuring that the winning business case is fully implemented