Regional Capital Plans2015/16

Sept 2014 draft version 2

Overarching statement

Good quality capital investment planning is critical for long term health sector sustainability.

Background

TheNHBcontinues to collect the regional capital plans (RCP) separate to the regional service plans. The regional service plans focus on individual service priority areas, while the RCP needs to cover all service needs for the next ten years.

Objectives

  1. The long term objective is for DHB regional capital plans to be informed by local and regional service planning and DHB facility assessments and asset management.
  2. Regionswill engage early with the Capital Investment Committee (CIC) on the long term capital intention planning process
  3. Regions will prioritise capital intentions over ten years and
  4. DHBs have quality asset management planning.

Actions required

Please refer template and table(guidance only) for structure and content.

  1. Overview of DHB capital intentions
  2. Regional discussion
  3. Capital work plan for 2015/16
  4. Supplementary information

Note: This year a modified financial template will go to shared service agencies (i.e. healthAlliance) that hold assets on behalf of DHBs.

Timeframes for plans and report backs on plans

Regions will provide working drafts of sections of their capital investment plan in advance, which will be discussed at monthly meetings to begin in early 2015. Adraft capital investment plan is to be submitted by 30 March2015to the ManagerCapital and Operating in the Ministry of Health (). The final RCPis to be submitted on 3 July 2015 to Mhairi Mchugh. Regions will then provide updateson the progress with theRCP manager capital and operating on 28 March 2016with a full year report in 1July 2016.

How your information will be used

This information will be used by the Ministry of Healthand Government for:

  1. CIC planning, reporting and decision making, including consideration of business cases
  2. DHB, region and national capital snapshots
  3. Treasury and National Infrastructure Unit asset and investment planning
  4. Government budget planning including forecasting Crown debt support
  5. The story for the capital intentions including an understanding of DHB asset management strategy and current facility condition, capacity issues for the region and health service planning links with capital investments

REGIONAL CAPITAL PLANS 2015/16 TEMPLATE

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2.OVERVIEWOF DHB CAPITAL INTENTIONS

2.1 Ten year capital investments (over $5M) for the region

Refer Table 1 for template

Table outlining projectsestimated to cost $5M or more ($500,000 for IT),the estimated total cost, the funding split (Crown, DHB, other), years of spend over 10 years, what body has approved it (i.e. DHB Board approval, Regional Capital Committee (RCC) approval, CIC approval, Government approval), stage of business caseand when (where appropriate) it was approved, type of asset, include baseline spend less than $5M as a separate line.

Please provide a summary and description of the Table and the current assets owned by DHBs.

2.2 Key priorities

A regional overview of the priorities for the capital spend and work programme for the next 10 years.

3. REGIONAL DISCUSSION

A description of current and future facility capital investments(under business case development, post government approval and recently completed) and current issues (now and going forward) in capital investment planning for each DHB in the region. This includes service planning work, asset condition, capacity, private sector involvement (including those that may require a long term lease of DHB land) and any other issues.

Outline any work on joint procurement in business case development or asset management. Please include a discussion of assets held by other agencies on behalf of DHBs, such as healthAlliance and Health Benefits Limited.

4. CAPITAL WORK PROGRAMME 2015/16

Describe any joint regional work that falls out of the regional discussion, including sharing of information on asset management, joint procurement (for areas such as major equipment purchasing e.g. PET scanners) and business case development. Outline other organisations in the region (where they exist) that impact capital investment planning and linkages.

Describe service planning work to be addressed by the region that informs the capital investment project work. This includes progress made since last year and updating the priorities for this year. Where appropriate, outline a work programme to complete the planning (please provide a reference if this is covered under the regional service plan).

5. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

5.1 Regional Capital Committee

Provide the Terms of Reference, membership of the RCC and the main contact person from the RCCto liaise with the Ministry of Health.

5.2Asset management plans and Site Master Plans

For each DHB note the date of last review of the asset management plan and the site master plan

Table 110 year capital intentions of projects $5M and more ($500,000 for IT)

Description / Approval / 10 year time series / Funding
Description / Type of asset[1] / Business case stage / Approval body(s) and date(s)[2] / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / …to 2025 / DHB / Crown / Other / Total
DHB
Total

Table that shows the regions ten year capital intentions over $5M (except $500,000 for IT projects), including:

  1. Description of the project
  2. Type of Asset – as described in the annual plan capital investment template i.e. Land, Buildings and Plant, Clinical Equipment, Other Equipment, Information Technology, Intangible Assets (Software), and Motor Vehicles
  3. Business case stage (Strategic Assessment, Single Stage Business Case, Indicative Business Case or Detailed Business Case)
  4. What body has approved itand date, i.e. DHB Board approval, RCC approval, CIC approval, Ministers of Health and Finance approval
  5. Year of spend over 10 years
  6. Funding including a breakdown into Crown, DHB and other
  7. Baseline spend for projects under $5M
  8. Total funding amount for the project

[1]Expenditure groupings for baseline are: Land, Buildings and Plant, Clinical Equipment, Other Equipment, Information Technology, Intangible Assets (Software), and Motor Vehicles

[2]I.e. DHB Board approved, CIC approved, RCC approved and Govt approved dates