Local Delivery Plans (LDPs) / Annual Operational Plan 2018/19
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LDPs / Annual Operational Plans
The State Hospital has had a Local Delivery Plan (LDP) in place since 2006. In February 2018, the Scottish Government replaced the LDP with an Annual Operational Plan for 2018/19 as a “transitional step” while health and social care planning is progressed at government level. The Operational Plan focuses primarily on performance, high-level finance and workforce - drawing together key planning assumptions which reflect local priorities.
Performance targets are aligned with the three Quality Ambitions in the national NHSScotland Healthcare Quality Strategy: person centred, safe and effective. Outcomes are measured against agreed targets, and achieved through an incremental continuous improvement approach by way of the existing governance structure, e.g. Board and Committee Structures / Executive Appraisal.
Annual Operational Plan 2019/20
2018/19
LDP Performance Report 2018/19 and Comparative Annual Figures
Note! LDP Performance Reports to the Board can be found in the Board Papers
The LDP is focussed around the implementation of the Hospital’s nine Clinical Model principles. This is all set in the context of the national and local financial position, and the Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHSScotland.
The Hospital's Quality and Performance Measurement Framework allows clinical and other teams to demonstrate how they are improving quality, improving performance against targets, and meeting standards against targets that The State Hospital reports against. The Framework drives the performance expected throughout the organisation and captures detailed information broken down by: the Clinical Model principle number, the performance indicator, target, source, provider, and reporting mechanisms (these being Hub Management Teams, the Operational Management Group, and the Board).
The State Hospital aims to continually improve governance arrangements, efficiency and effectiveness in support of the national drive for efficiency and productivity.
A three year financial plan is in place. This is an integral part of the Board’s Local Delivery Plan (LDP) which is the strategic plan which sets out the agreed vision for service delivery and development for the Board. Included in the plan is a range of challenging targets relating to key issues such as, quality of care, clinical effectiveness, staffing matters, partnership working and financial results. The State Hospital continues to achieve all of these targets.
The Board is required to operate within three budget limits:
- A revenue resource limit - a resource budget for ongoing operations.
- A capital resource limit - a resource budget for capital investment.
- A cash requirement - a financing requirement to fund the cash consequences of the revenue and capital budgets.
Financial Reports to the Board can be found in the Board Papers
Standing Documentation (June 2019) consists of Standing Financial Instructions, Scheme of Delegation (arising from the Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions) including financial limits, and Standing Orders (including Board Members' Code of Conduct).
The Board operates within the context of a range of national healthcare strategies including:
- The NHSScotland Healthcare Quality Strategy
- Realistic Medicine
- The Mental Health Strategy
- 2020 Vision
- Health & Social Care Delivery Plan
The State Hospital Service Strategy 2017/20 clarifies the Board's core mission, vision, values, strategic aims and objectives. It offers a set of broad strategic objectives focusing the priorities of the Executive Team in the short to medium term, enabling greater cohesion of strategic planning and understanding of organisational priorities within the service.