CFA Variation for Palliative Innovations

Background from CFA Variation

Budget 2015 provided $76.1 million for hospices over four years. The first set of funding is in DHB baselines. The second set of funding included $7 million per annum from 2016/17 ongoing. Reporting on the 2016/17 funding is on a six monthly basis, in accordance with the following table:

Reports Required / Date Reports Due
Exceptions reporting on project progress and risks / 20 January 2017 for July-December 2016
20 July 2017 for January – June 2017
Outline of newly identified risks including mitigation strategies
Where projects are off track against the plan, outline why the project is off track, what is being done to get the project back on track and when the project will be back on track
Annual finance reporting (due in July reporting cycle) / 20 July 2017 for July16–June17

2016/17 Palliative Innovations six monthly reporting template

DHB
Reporting period

Reporting instructions: Please complete a separate template for each Hospice provider.

Hospice provider/s
Project / innovation name/s
What is the budget for this work?
What is the expected duration of this project?
Why was this innovation project commissioned?
What triggered the work?
What is the issue/problem it is addressing?
What is the expected outcome of this innovation project?
What are the top 3-4 success indicators of this project?
How are these tracking?
How is the project progressing against planned timelines?
If behind – when will the work/ project be back on track? / For example. We are 75% of the way through the project duration. Planned milestones are on track.
For example. X deliverable is behind because of …. Extra staff have been recruited for 3 weeks by drawing on contingency. We anticipate being back on track with this deliverable by the end of next month.
Is work being delivered to agreed quality levels? / We have delivered 80% of the deliverables planned to date to acceptable quality levels.
1 deliverable has not reached fit for purpose quality expectation and we are addressing this by……
2 deliverables are slightly behind time due to …….. We will address this by……..
What are the top 2-3 risks facing this project?
How are these being addressed?
What are the top 2-3 issues needing current active management to maintain delivery of this project?
How are these being addressed?
Has the project changed from its original scope or purpose?
If so
  • how has this been managed?
  • how and to whom has this been communicated?

What key lessons have been learnt in this reporting period?