Business Planning

The Structure of Specialty Training:Business Planning 

Each of the Schools, through their STC, must produce a business plan for each financial year (April to March). The finalised plan should reflect the aims and objectives of the committee, the objectives of the Head of School and the objectives of TPDs. 

 During the business planning process, the STC should agree on, and plan for, the delivery of a regional training day programme for the coming year and negotiate with KSS Deanery for funding support if required. These negotiations should be concluded before March each year, to allow the KSS Deanery budget to be completed.The business plan should be regularly tabled at STC meetings, in order to track progress. The annual Specialty School Report must address the extent to which the business plan has been completed.

 A lead will be appointed within the SWT to ensure that all specialties have the support they require to complete their business plan to KSS Deanery guidelines. However, responsibility for producing the final plan and agreeing objectives lies with the HoS.

 

KSS Deanery will supply a template annually, amended to reflect the current KSS Deanery business plan (which will be in draft at the same time). STCs should consult this plan regularly to ensure that the specialty business plan is in line with the overall KSS Deanery business plan.

 

 

 Deadlines

 

November Allocation of responsibility within the STC for business planning lead responsibility (usually the HoS or TPD)
December Template for the business plan is agreed with the Specialty Workforce Team
December to January Negotiation with stakeholders, KSS and SWT to agree the objectives of the specialty
February Finalising the plan, including proposed funding requirements such as Study Leave, top slice amount, induction, committee meetings schedule and regional training day programme
March Submission of the business plan to KSS Deanery for funding approval
April Business plan has funding either approved or declined, and final version is published. Some amendment of the business plan may be required if funding approval is not achieved. This will be linked to KSS Deanery budgets receiving approval.

 

Content

Specialty business plans should include provision for:

  • Recruitment
  • Induction
  • Education (including Regional Training Days)
  • Committee meetings
  • ARCPs
  • School visits and reports
  • Programme management
  • Quality management
  • Higher specialty management
  • The team and their objectives
  • Inter-specialty relationships
  • Awards days
  • Academia
  • Annual school report
  • Budgets
  • Intrepid
  • Metrics
  • Study leave guidance
  • Records management
  • Educational commissioning