1. How Can Regional Planning Support National Capital Planning Arrangements? Mike Baxter Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates

2. Overview of Presentation Looking forwards not backwards Where are we in the journey Conditions for success How do we help A personal challenge Conclusions

3. Looking Forwards Not Backwards This is how I’ve/ we’ve always done it – If the status quo was fine we’d be perfect Can we Change the world overnight – No – but we should know where to start

4. Priorities for Action Where do we want to be? What are the conditions for success? How do we help?

5. Where do we want to be? Understand our issues and priorities Have clear plans to address our issues Clear targets for improvement Have the right people and resources to deliver

6. Conditions for Success Clear targets Understand the journey Measure impact – how do we build on what we do and learn from our experience? An honest conversation

7. How do we help Policy Process People Resources

8. A Personal challenge for all of us Delay – idle time spent waiting for something Re-work – performing the same task a second time Overproduction – products or information not needed Movement – unnecessary transport of people, products or data Defects – design that does not meet customer needs Waste of spirit or skill – failure to address the many hassles in our daily work

9. Conclusions Relevance Demonstrable improvement Celebrate success Be honest about the challenges Collaboration is non negotiable Performance improvement essential Measure impact