The delivery of this business plan will be overseen by robust governance and oversight which is detailed later in this document. There are some anticipated challenges in the delivery of this business plan, which will be reviewed and managed as part of regular reporting.
Key risks to delivery include:
- ongoing funding challenges and the potential implementation of a multi-year cost improvement programme which may result in some areas of the business plan not being delivered
- new national priorities and alignment with the 10-year health plan will be important and once published later this year, may require a change in the direction of aspects of this business plan
- the NHSCFA does not work in isolation and requires the engagement of the entire health sector to drive counter fraud activity, messaging and culture. Competing priorities, risk averse data sharing approaches and political concerns regarding employee relationships all have the ability to impede counter-fraud activity. As an example, critical support is needed from NHS England and the Business Services Authority in particular to achieve the objectives of the Project Athena
- the use of and exponential development of AI and technology may change the nature and landscape of the environment we work in