Commisioning, procurement and managing resources.
Commisioning, procurement and managing resources.
This assignment will require the student to complete a tender application using the agreed process for commissioning and procurement.
1. Project Delivery Plan (250 words) – The Service must be operational as from 1 April 2018. Please provide a brief Project Delivery Plan for establishing the Service, detailing the key milestones for implementing the Service as of 1 April 2018 and at 3 and 6 months intervals.
2. Governance (250 words) – Please set out your proposals for the governing Board, management & operational structure for the service, including volunteers.
3. Engaging the widest range of Local People (500 words) – Critical to the success of the service is the ability to reach out to all audiences. Please give examples of innovative approaches you would take to reach a wide range of people. Using your sound knowledge of different techniques for engaging and involving people, how would you promote HealthWatch and secure the views of local people of working age between the ages of 20 and 40? What opportunities or issues do you anticipate and how might they be overcome?
4. Working with Health and Wellbeing Board (500 words) – Local HealthWatch will be an equal partner on the Health and Wellbeing Board. How would you ensure that the right person is selected to be on the Board? Explain what skills and experience they might need and how you would develop people to ensure that they can participate effectively in such forums?
5. Learning from Past Experience (500 words) – HealthWatch must build on the success and address the limitations of previous patient and public involvement mechanisms.
– What role do you see for volunteers, networked organisations and partners in HealthWatch
– Explain how your organisation will develop staff and volunteers to uphold the outcomes of the service
– What issues do you foresee and how would you address them?
6. Collaborative Working (500 words) – Local HealthWatch is an organisation that must work in partnership with other organisations. Demonstrating your understanding of partnership working, please describe the qualities of a good, collaborative partner. What assets might partners bring to Local HealthWatch and what accountabilities will the Service have to collaborative partners and/or sub-contractors? Give an example where a relationship could potentially go awry and what steps you would take to resolve the issue
