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  • Last modified date:
    25 June 2007

NHS LIFT business case approval process and template: Establishing a LIFT company

Last updated 2005

Formal SHA approval is required at 3 key stages:  approval of the joint Strategic Service Development Plan (SSDP); approval of the business case pre-issue of the OJEU Notice1 (Pre-OJEU); and approval of the business case pre-financial close. Business case approval guidance for establishing a new LIFT company is provided together with supporting appendices and a business case checklist. Separate guidance is under development dealing with the business case approval process for existing LIFT companies.

The implications of 'Commissioning a Patient-led NHS' for NHS LIFT

Last updated 2005

This guidance clarifies the implications of 'Commissioning a Patient-led NHS' with particular reference to the reconfiguration of PCTs and their changing roles.

Guidance on the use of enabling funds for NHS LIFT

Last updated 2004

This paper gives revised guidance on the use of capital enabling funds allocated by the DH to help kick-start LIFT projects.

Primary and social care premises: Planning and design guidance

This website identifies the key considerations and actions for those involved in the planning, briefing and design of primary and social care premises, and gives some guidelines on funding, procurement and design. It replaces HBN 36 - 'Local healthcare facilities' and the 'SFA' ('Red Book').  Guidance is included on understanding the national policy framework - both for health and for the built environment - preparing an SSDP and a procurement plan, together with establishing a project brief and establishing a detailed design brief.

LIFT: New guidance for large or complex schemes

This guidance advises PCTs in LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust) that if they are developing a large and complex single scheme with a capital value of over £25 million that the standard form PFI contract must be used to ensure appropriate risk transfer, payment and performance mechanisms are in place:

  • Part A: Contract documentation to be used for NHS LIFT schemes that are large and/or complex.
  • Part B: Acute schemes taken forward by participants in the Strategic Partnering Agreement.

General information and guidance on NHS LIFT

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