Service Planning and New Health Intervention Assessment (SPNIA)

SPNIA process

Steps in the annual decision-making round and prioritisation process are outlined below. More detail on these steps can be found in the SPNIA Framework document.

Activity	Who's involved	Month/s	Related information
Horizon scanning	District Health Boards (DHBs), regional forums, National Service and Technology Review Subcommittee (NSTR)	December to March	Scanning the Horizon newsletter
Proposals for change identified	DHBs and the Ministry of Health (MoH)	January to March	Guidance on how to format a proposal for change
Proposals for change to forward to NSTR defined	Regional forums and MoH	March	-
NSTR workplan agreed	NSTR and DDG-CEO Group	April	-
Business cases developed	NSTR (with the support of other groups)	May to July	Guidance on how to format a business case
Business cases analysed, reviewed, ranked and recommendations made	NSTR	August to September	Work programme
Decisions made on which business cases will be implemented	DDG-CEO Group, DHBs and Minister of Health	October to November	-

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