Course Details

The aim of the module is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing strategic and operational planning in health and social care. The module is concerned with the theory of strategic planning and the concepts that underpin resource allocation in health and social care. It is increasingly difficult to claim that strategic planning is a distinctively different process in the public sector compared with the private sector, and any differences in philosophy and process will be explored and examined.
The module will emphasise how ideology, politics, value systems and resource constraints pose particularly challenging issues in the development, formation and implementation of strategic plans in health care. The module will also deal with resource allocation mechanisms in the public sector, in particular the relationship between allocation of resources to that of meeting objectives related to addressing inequalities in health status and service provision.

Course Level

FHEQ (what does this mean?)

Who should attend?

This is a compulsory module on the MSc Health Care Management, and is available to students on other postgraduate programmes

Date

October and January

Duration

30

Assessment

Assignment 1

Cost

Please contact us for course fees.

Location

Singleton Campus, Swansea University

How To Apply

Email CPD

Lecturer

David Rea