Understand the hierarchy of planning, its value base and history.

Recognise the models of planning, including the political process.

Explain the differences between public and private sector health planning approaches.

Show evidence of planning analysis skills

Be able to conduct a needs analysis including a stakeholder analysis, identify relevant qualitative and quantitative data required, know how to collect new information

Be able to implement the generic model of planning.

Document a strategic plan for a service, with contingencies for implementation.

Identify and apply criteria to critically analyse and evaluate a plan.

Document a facility post-occupancy evaluation.

Examine the current health plan in the Albion LHD case study. This requires students to think about the process of planning as much as the content of the case to structure the report and to use the data to identify gaps in the present services. Prepare a situation analysis for the case study provided on vUWS for Albion Local Health District. Notes will be provided on vUWS and students are encouraged to work through the examples given to create the data and create base case-related information. The report must be in proper report format so students need to find and examine examples of this to understand the structure of a formal report.