Research The NHS five year forward view (2015) and note and summarise key points (from the document) to use in your discussion

Business Analysis and Planning Assessment Guide

The assessment should be presented as a portfolio of task with sub-headings for each section, including an Executive summary/Abstract, Table of contents, Introduction, Main Body and Conclusion, Recommendation and References.

1. Title Page:

In the Arden Assessment cover page, under the Assessment Title, students should indicate that this is a ‘report’.

Note: The assignment should be written in the third person and should display good to excellent ability to write academically. Avoid using Pronouns including: “I, Me, We, Us”.

2. Introduction

This should explain what the assignment is about and mention the main concepts discussed within the body of the assignment. This part should use up not more than 5% of the total word count.

3. Main body

Note: To ensure you can address all set outcomes holistically, it is important to consider the assessment requirement in two parts; that is Part 1 and Part 2. Expectations and requirements for both are detailed below.Research ‘The NHS five year forward view (2015)’ and note and summarise key points (from the document) to use in your discussion

Part 1:

• Research ‘The NHS five year forward view (2015)’ and note and summarise key points (from the document) to use in your discussion. Key points noted should be relevant to costing of health and social care services, seamless collaborative working, efficiency saving, value for money, enhanced health in care homes etc.
• Because the report should particularly focus on the Government’s thinking on ‘saving costs and improving efficiency, this should be a key theme threaded through your discussion.
• Critically discuss the legislative history and context in which ‘value for money’ matters.
• Use secondary sources of information to highlight specific health and social care services delivered by a Local Authority (LA) of choice (i.e. either in relation to services for mental health, old vulnerable users, young people among others). Refer to the relevant data or statistics (identified from research) to highlight demand for the service(s) to be procured from the Government department. i.e. what is the general population needing the specified service in the LA of choice? At this stage, it is worth checking the strategy statement on the chosen LA website.

• Students are advised to look at information/data covering the last 10 - 15 years.
• To show lateral thinking, students may wish to use PESTEL or other recognised analytical tools to review the impact of Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and/or Legal factors on the health and social care service(s) specified.
• The bullet points listed here are by no means an exhaustive list of areas to cover in this assignment

Part 2:

• It may be useful to visit a Local Authority of your choice (or their website) and investigate the range and types of data available concerning how ‘health and social care services are costed and delivered’. For example, what is a weekly cost of a specified service user group and what are the Government requirements. Consider ‘direct payments’ and ‘funding registered care homes’
• It is important that students focus on the use of literature and published financial information already available in the public domain. A comparison of the ‘trends’ over a period of time will help develop a ‘projection’ of activities which could be based on ‘assumptions’
• Within the discourse, you must demonstrate understanding of how specific software tools aid in decision making.  Examples of such tools include data analysis tools like ‘MS Excel’ or other recognised software.
• The bullet points listed here are by no means an exhaustive list of areas to cover in this assignment

4. Conclusion

Summarise the key points covered in your report and conclude.

5. Recommendations

Add recommendations. You could use bullet points for this. Think about who your audience is (or stakeholders are) in this case before completing this part.

6. References

Students should adhere to the AU Harvard style of referencing. All references cited must be listed and all references listed must be cited.  All quotes must have page numbers cited. Avoid the use of too many quotes. This have the potential to make work come across fragmented.