Business Plan 2001 - 2002

This business plan sets out our specific objectives, targets and performance measures for the financial year 2001 – 2002 and our plans for meeting them. These objectives and plans have been informed by our overall purpose and the policy context in which we work. These issues are outlined in section one, together with an assessment of the challenges and opportunities the Institute faces in the coming year.

Section two sets out the Institute’s corporate objectives for the year and what they will deliver. The board has agreed the following key objectives for the Institute’s activity. The Institute will:

• Publish 19 new and 3 review technology appraisals
• Publish the series of three guidelines, originally commissioned by the Department of Health and inherited by the Institute
• Achieve an efficiency gain by absorbing the effect of inflation
• Manage the confidential enquiries through a year of transition and will agree and implement any organisational changes required
• Establish and support the six collaborating centres

Section three describes the various components of our work programme and explains how each area will contribute to the delivery of our objectives. Finally, section four sets out the resource framework for the year ahead. Further details are provided in the appendices.