Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans there are to extend access to accredited training and development in the development of high quality business cases as set out in the Government’s response to the Naylor Review, published on 30 January 2018, to other NHS organisations.

Accredited training and development is already available to support National Health Service organisations in the development of business cases, for example, the Better Business Cases training programme, based on The Five Case Model.

The Five Case Model, used widely across Government to support development of capital investment business cases, is a best practice approach to planning spending proposals and enabling effective business decisions. The training provides a step by step guide to developing a business case, focusing on the ability of delegates to establish a case for change, setting clear objectives, undertaking a wide ranging options appraisal to ensure an optimal balance of benefits, cost and risk and putting the arrangements in place to successfully deliver the business case proposal.

We will promote the benefits and availability of accredited training on the development of high-quality business cases to encourage and incentivise take up across the NHS.