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Brennan Report - Department of Health and Children

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130Number Recommendation IT TimeframeRequirementsREBALANCING FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONSR4.6 Funding <strong>of</strong> regional health boards should be evidence based <strong>and</strong> prioritised across identified needs. none Commence on completionIn particular, in allocating budgets between health boards, the Executive should take account <strong>of</strong> a <strong>of</strong> R4.7number <strong>of</strong> nationally agreed key factors, as they apply across health board regions, such as:Demographics Specialities Client Pr<strong>of</strong>ile CapacityServices Activity Infrastructure Socio-economic pr<strong>of</strong>ilesR4.7 Pending establishment <strong>of</strong> the Executive, a working group representative <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Department</strong> none To commence immediately<strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Children</strong>, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Finance, <strong>and</strong> the regional health boards should be<strong>and</strong> report withinestablished:12 months(i) To conduct advance development work on defining the appropriate factors underR4.6 above;(ii) To detemine the relative weighting which should be ascribed to each factor in determiningeach health board’s allocation; <strong>and</strong>(iii) To examine the phasing arrangements that are appropriate to ensure a smooth transitionto the new arrangement.MULTI-ANNUAL BUDGETINGR4.8 Service Plans should be framed on a multi-annual basis. none 2004 Service Plan Cycle<strong>Report</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Commission on Financial Management <strong>and</strong> Control Systems in the <strong>Health</strong> ServiceSUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATESR4.9 If, notwithst<strong>and</strong>ing the statement <strong>of</strong> the Minister for Finance in his Budget speech delivered in none n/aDecember 2002 that Ministers <strong>and</strong> their Management Committees will be required to managestrictly within the allocations given to them, there are to be supplementary estimates in the future,we recommend that the <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Finance <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Children</strong> should:(i) Review the appropriateness <strong>and</strong> coverage <strong>of</strong> "allowable supplementaries";(ii) Make recommendations to the Minister for Finance in this regard; <strong>and</strong>(iii) Thereafter conduct biennial reviews by reference to the volume <strong>and</strong> content <strong>of</strong>supplementary estimates allowed in the intervening period.

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